The Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) detained in Odesa on March a sabotage group of four men armed with AKS-7.62 assault rifles and pistols.
“The leader of the group, observing the measures of secrecy, was in contact with representatives of the Russian special services in Crimea,” the SBU’s press center reported on March 22.
According to the report, the group planned to carry out an armed attack on a military unit stationed in Odesa region and take possession of firearms. Attackers also planned to involve in illegal activities up to a hundred trained individuals with experience of military service or participation in hostilities.
“The main goal of the saboteurs was to destabilize the socio-political situation in Odesa region and organize separatist mass disorder,” the report says.
“In order to draw a wide response during mass rallies they planned to seize administrative buildings, commit violence against civilians and resist representatives of the authorities with the use of weapons and explosives,” the SBU’s press center reported.
