🔧 Sabotage

SBU in Kharkiv exposed and detained a Russian GRU agent group that had blown up a Ukrainian soldier's car in June 2024, seriously injuring him. The group was preparing further terrorist attacks including targeting a train carrying military equipment.

Kharkiv, Kharkiv Oblast
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Ukrinform Kyiv Post

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Ukrinform → Source tone: certain

The SBU counterintelligence neutralized an agent and combat group of the Russian GRU in Kharkiv that had blown up a serviceman's car in June 2024

Kyiv Post → Source tone: likely

Biden's agreement to allow Kyiv to strike targets inside Russia, close to the border city of Kharkiv

Kyiv Post → Source tone: likely

National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan said that US weapons could be used to hit Moscow's forces anywhere along the Ukraine-Russia border

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Extracted: 2026-02-21T07:40:51.760Z

Source story: 3928289-sbu-in-kharkiv-detains-russian-agents-responsible-for-blowing-up-car-with-soldier-and-plotting-further-terrorist