Three people, including a 15-year-old and an 18-year-old, have been detained for setting fire to military vehicles on behalf of Russia, Ukraine’s national police has said.
Russian special services promised money for the destroyed cars, with the attackers recording the fires on the phones to report back to them, the force said.
The teenagers operated in the Ivano-Frankivsk region, targeting three military SUVs that were undergoing maintenance after being used on the frontline.
“The young men cycled around the territory of the district, where they were tracking the cars of the Ukrainian troops,” the police said.
“After identifying potential targets, the attackers photographed them and sent them to the customer for approval.
“Then, according to the instructions of the curator, the participants made a highly flammable mixture, poured it over military vehicles and set them on fire.”
In Kharkiv, a 22-year-old “contract deserter” was detained for setting fire to six SUVs after being offered money by Russian intelligence, it added.
It said all the perpetrators were in custody and face eight to 10 years in prison.
Air-to-surface missiles used to target Ukrainian troops in Kursk, says Russia
Air-to-surface missiles have been used to target Ukrainian troops in Kursk, the Russian defence ministry said.
In a post on Telegram, it said a helicopter crew delivered the strikes at “manpower, armoured hardware and a motor vehicles cluster” belonging to Ukrainian forces.
“After the use of aviation strike assets, the crews performed a manoeuvre, releasing decoy flares, and returned to the departure airfield,” it added. ِ
It claimed all the targets were “neutralised”.
Ukrainian troops launched their invasion of the Russian region last week.
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