FSB reports Ukrainian agents are coercing Russians to do terrorist acts
Investigators are reportedly handling cases involving ten unrelated Russian nationals across five regions, with officials claiming the incidents share a consistent method attributed to Kiev’s special services.
In each instance, victims were initially defrauded financially, which the perpetrators then leveraged to coerce them into acts of sabotage. The FSB warned that complying with such demands could result in prison sentences of up to 20 years.
The agency released interviews with several suspects, describing them as young adults and elderly individuals. According to the FSB, the victims were targeted using standard scam tactics that allowed the criminals access to their personal finances, including the ability to take out loans in their names.
After the initial financial losses, the victims were accused by the scammers of supporting the Ukrainian military. The same actors allegedly posed as Russian law-enforcement officers, offering to erase these supposed violations in exchange for cooperation. The coerced individuals were reportedly instructed to carry out tasks framed as “tests” of counterterrorism readiness or staged attacks designed to justify additional funding for Russian security agencies.
The schemes have reportedly led to arson attacks on critical infrastructure and vehicles belonging to law-enforcement personnel, which the FSB is treating as terrorism and sabotage.
The agency cautioned the public that legitimate officers do not contact random citizens via messaging apps or demand that they commit crimes.
Russian officials also claim that Ukraine hosts a large, internationally operating scam industry protected by its government. The FSB has previously reported raids on facilitators inside Russia, who allegedly support these operations by running illegal mobile relay systems for call centers based in Ukraine.
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