The Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) stated on Friday that a gang of Ukrainian saboteurs planning to use a vehicle bomb to target a Russian humanitarian convoy and military troops was apprehended in one of Russia's controlled regions.

According to the statement, "In the course of a special military operation to demilitarize and denazify Ukraine at the territory controlled by the Russian armed forces, the FSB thwarted the activities of a Ukrainian sabotage and terrorist group, which was preparing a terrorist attack against a Russian humanitarian convoy and military personnel using a car bomb at the instruction of the Security Service of Ukraine."

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Two man-portable air-defense systems, three grenade launchers, a machine gun, an assault rifle, a pistol, 127 hand grenades, 18 antipersonnel and magnetic mines, 17.6 pounds of plastic explosives, 42 detonators, over 5,000 cartridges, a blasting exploder, radio stations, night vision devices, and a rigged vehicle were discovered during searches, according to the statement.

A criminal investigation into the planning of a terrorist attack has been launched.