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Teenagers Detained in Bukovina for Preparing a Terrorist Act: Details of the SBU Operation

Підлітків затримано в Буковині за підготовку до теракту: подробиці спецоперації СБУ. Photo: glavcom.ua

Plans for a Terrorist Act in the Vyzhnytsia District


In February of this year, two residents of Bukovina, aged 17 and 18, attempted to carry out a terrorist act on the orders of a curator from the Russian Federation. The traitors manufactured an explosive device and left it near an abandoned building in the Vyzhnytsia district, intending to detonate it near a police unit responding to a false call.



During the special operation, the police and the SBU detained the perpetrators and prevented the terrorist act. It turned out that both criminals were involved in the production and sale of drugs. One of them had a drug laboratory in his home and was producing methamphetamine.




  • Part 2 of Article 15, Part 2 of Article 258 (Attempt to commit a terrorist act);

  • Part 1 of Article 263 (Illegal handling of weapons, military supplies, or explosives);

  • Part 2 of Article 263-1 (Illegal manufacture, processing or repair of firearms or forgery, illegal removal or alteration of its marking, or illegal manufacture of military supplies, explosives or explosive devices);

  • Part 2 of Article 307 (Illegal production, manufacture, acquisition, storage, transportation, delivery or sale of narcotic drugs, psychotropic substances or their analogs);

  • Part 2 of Article 311 (Illegal production, manufacture, acquisition, storage, transportation or delivery of precursors);

  • Part 2 of Article 313 (Theft, embezzlement, extortion of equipment for the production of drugs or acquisition by fraud or abuse of office);

  • Article 348 (Encroachment on the life of a law enforcement officer).



The criminals face life imprisonment under the qualified articles of the Criminal Code of Ukraine. This is yet another case of attempted terrorism in Ukraine, and law enforcement agencies are actively responding to threats and preventing danger to the peaceful population.



The news describes the attempt to commit a terrorist act by two young criminals in the Vyzhnytsia district. They planned an explosion during the response of the police unit to a false call. The SBU and police special operation allowed for the detention of the perpetrators and the prevention of the terrorist act, further emphasizing the importance of law enforcement in maintaining public safety.