(ANSA-AFP) - MOSCOW, MAY 25 - Russia has arrested two
Ukrainians who had allegedly planned to target nuclear power
plants in the country, the FSB security service said on
Thursday. "A sabotage group from the Ukrainian foreign
intelligence service... tried to blow up some 30 power lines of
nuclear power plants in Leningrad and Kalinin" in early May with
the aim of stopping the nuclear reactors at the plants, Russian
news agencies quoted the FSB as saying in a statement. The aim
was to cause "serious economic harm to Russia and damage its
reputation", it said. The men had brought down "a pylon carrying
a high voltage line and planted mines in four pylons carrying
high voltage lines from the Leningrad nuclear power station".
Explosives were also planted near seven similar pylons linked to
the Kalinin nuclear plant, it added. The FSB said it was looking
for a third man with Ukrainian-Russian nationality, adding that
36.5 kilos of explosives and about 60 detonators were found in
the homes of the suspects and their alleged accomplices. Two
Russians who allegedly helped the trio were also arrested, the
FSB said. (ANSA-AFP).
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