# FACTBOX: What we know about foiled terrorist attack on voting day in Donetsk

https://mins.news/en/item/67095

- TASS, 2026-09-21 09:29 UTC
- World
- Original: https://tass.com/society/2190507

> Russia’s Federal Security Service says it detained a Donetsk resident accused of preparing an explosion near a polling station on voting day on instructions from Ukraine’s Security Service. The suspect allegedly obtained 20 kilograms of explosives and a drone-delivered device, but was arrested before carrying out the plan and confessed. Authorities are considering whether to open a criminal case.

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