A massive terrorist attack nearly struck the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) headquarters in Kyiv, as 7 kilograms of explosives were carried directly to the agency’s entrance, UkrInform has reported.
According to Vasyl Maliuk, the SBU chief, Russian intelligence services orchestrated the attempted bombing. Due to Ukraine’s counterintelligence efforts, the explosion was averted, and the female perpetrator was detained just outside the building.
Maliuk revealed that the operation was part of a covert Kremlin order.
“In 2023, Putin signed a classified internal directive concerning so-called ‘diversionary noise.’ GRU and FSB are its executors. Their goal is to carry out as many terrorist attacks as possible on Ukrainian territory,” he said.
Ukrainian security had been monitoring a group suspected of planning the attack. One man was expected to pass a large amount of explosives to another operative.
“I told the team: if he takes it, we keep tailing him; if he enters the building, we arrest him,” Maliuk said.
But something unexpected happened.
“We see a young girl pick up the bag, get into a taxi that makes a wide circle and arrives here, on Volodymyrska Street. She gets out and carries the suitcase almost right to our front door,” he recounted.
The suitcase contained 7 kilograms of explosives packed with shrapnel. Fortunately, the girl was arrested before the bomb could be detonated.
“Given the amount of shrapnel, the Russians could have inflicted massive casualties,” he added.
Maliuk also noted that SBU personnel had long since relocated from that address.
“We’ve had multiple backup command posts for quite some time, for obvious reasons,” he said.
Earlier, Putin openly voiced his imperial doctrine: Russia claims as its own any territory entered by its troops. Also, he called Ukrainians and Russians “one people” and stressed that, in that sense, “all of Ukraine is ours.”
Meanwhile, US President Donald Trump publicly states that he believes Putin wants peace. Later, he repeated the same statement, saying he thinks Russia wants to end the war but might be “dragging their feet” on taking decisive action.
