Russian investigators announced today that the FSB security service shot and killed a 38-year-old Russian man while preparing to blow up an energy plant in the oil-rich Tyumen region.

The FSB said an unspecified number of Russian citizens were preparing to commit terrorist acts “at the request of representatives of Ukrainian paramilitary organizations”.

The Investigative Committee, which handles serious crime, released video showing officers using metal detectors in a field near a wooded area and said a man shot and tried to kill FSB officers.

“He did not respond to warnings. The attacker was killed in a firefight,” the Commission said.

Fires and explosions have occurred at a number of Russian energy, railway and military facilities since Moscow launched its invasion of Ukraine in February 2022.

Yesterday, the FSB detained a man accused of plotting to destroy an energy plant on Sakhalin Island, off Russia’s Pacific coast.