Ukrainian Security Service officers in Dnipropetrovsk region curbed unlawful activities of extremist members of an opposition party, who plotted a terrorist attack at a national energy system facility, Volodymyr Voropai, the chief of the Security Service department for Dnipropetrovsk region, said at a press conference on Friday.
“Two 400-gram TNT blocks, two F-1 grenades, ammunition dating back to WWII, and computers have been confiscated at the suspects’ home during searches sanctioned by the Babushkynsky District Court of Dnipropetrovsk,” Voropai said.
Two members of this group have been detained.
Security Service investigators have opened a criminal case on charges of preparations for a terrorist attack (Ukrainian Criminal Code Article 14, Part 1, and Article 258, Part 2).
Dmytro Barliuta, a deputy leader of the Dnipropetrovsk regional branch of the Svoboda (Freedom) party, had said on January 30 that searches had been conducted at the homes of three party activists “on suspicion of preparations for a terrorist attack.”
The press service of the regional branch of Svoboda said that its leader Kyryl Dorolenko had been arrested and placed at a detention facility, and the leader of Studentska Svoboda, Vitaliy Romensky, had been placed under house arrest.
