The FSB reported on the detention of a resident of Simferopol, who is suspected of involvement in undermining the railway track at the Chistenkoye-Pochtovoye section in the Bakhchisarai region of Crimea. This is reported by RIA Novosti with reference to the press service of the department.
According to investigators, the Simferopol citizen went to Odessa in February last year, where he was recruited by employees of the main intelligence department of the Ukrainian Defense Ministry. In addition, before returning to Crimea, he «passed a course of reconnaissance and sabotage training,» the security forces believe.
According to the FSB, in accordance with the instructions of the curators, on February 23 this year, a resident of Simferopol blew up a railway track with an improvised explosive device. Explosives, they specify in the department, he received through a hiding place.
The detainee «gave confessions about cooperation with the special services of Ukraine and the commission of a sabotage and terrorist act,» TASS reports. The man became a defendant in a previously initiated case under the article on sabotage (Part 1 of Article 281 of the Criminal Code). The Simferopol citizen has already been sent to a pre-trial detention center.
On February 23, it became known that in the Crimea, near the village of Pochtovoye, a railway track was damaged. Because of this, there were delays in the movement of trains and electric trains on the section between Simferopol and Sevastopol. In early May, the FSB reported on the detention of seven people in Crimea in connection with the supply of explosives to the peninsula and preparations for the assassination of the governor. According to the security officials, they are also involved in the undermining of the tracks on February 23.
In addition, in February and March, FSB officers came with searches to the Crimean Tatars Akhtem Ismailov, Soin Dzhelilov, Edem Murtazaev, Asan Abduramanov and Memet Ashurov. On June 12, it became known that the security forces were questioning the Crimean Tatar Eldar Mensitov about undermining the tracks. As a result, he was arrested under a protocol of disobedience to the demands of a policeman (Article 19.2 of the Code of Administrative Offenses).
Crimean Kirill Barannik was also suspected of sabotage on the railway. His case became known, as he wrote a statement to the Investigative Committee about torture with electricity and threats of rape.