# Ukraine thwarts FSB assassination plot against defense company head

https://mins.news/en/item/33160

- The Kyiv Independent, 2026-08-26 13:25 UTC
- World
- Original: https://kyivindependent.com/ukraine-thwarts-fsb-assassination-plot-against-defense-company-head/

> Ukrainian police and the SBU say they stopped an FSB plot to kill the head of a defense company in Kyiv. A 63-year-old suspect allegedly planted a device containing 1 kilogram of hexogen under the target’s car seat, then was arrested in Poland while trying to flee toward Russia.

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