Russian special forces and their representatives have set up headquarters in Luhansk and Donetsk and are coordinating the preparation and execution of terrorist attacks in Ukraine, in territory controlled by the Ukrainian government and not controlled by it, Chief of the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) Valentyn Nalyvaichenko has said.
“All terrorist attacks that take place in Ukrainian territory (controlled and not controlled by us) are prepared and executed under the supervision of Russian special forces. Currently, the most dangerous terrorist groups are operating in Luhansk and Donetsk regions. They are receiving money and weapons from Russia. They are the ones to carry out the attacks in the south and east of the country by using modern mines… and other explosives,” Nalyvaichenko said in an interview with “Den” (Day) newspaper, posted on March 31.
According to him, the SBU has been and will be apprehending members of these terrorist groups.
“For example, a Ukrainian citizen, who was sent from Luhansk to Kyiv by officers of Russia’s Main Intelligence Department to execute an attack, is currently on trial. Our investigators lead the case and demand she be sentenced to life,” he said.
Nalyvaichenko said that Russian special forces are holding training exercise for members of the so-called Donetsk and Luhansk People’s Republics (DPR and LPR). According to him, they have also set up camps in Donetsk and Luhansk.
“Russian special forces also facilitate the provision of communications to terrorists, and deliver munitions and Russian armor to them,” said.
According to Nalyvaichenko, all these facts are being recorded “for a criminal case against the LPR and DPR terrorist organizations.”
“It’s necessary for the global community and The Hague tribunal, and to bring every [person] involved with the terrorist organizations to justice when these territories are liberated,” he added.
Nalyvaichenko also commented on the statement made by leader of the Communist Party of Ukraine Petro Symonenko, who announced plans to hold a rally in Kyiv on May 1 with the participation of his Russian colleagues.
“Let him gather his crowd. But those involved in terrorist and separatists activities will be detained at once… Those, who facilitated the aggression in the east of our country, will be prosecuted as Kremlin collaborators and as those who committed crimes against humanity,” Nalyvaichenko said.
