Ukrainian police and SBU expose alleged plot to attack a Kyiv enlistment office
Photos and video released Oct. 20, 2026 by the National Police of Ukraine. Police say officers of the strategic investigations department in Kyiv and SBU investigators exposed a group, organised by a figure it calls a crime boss, that planned to set fire to or fire a grenade launcher at a territorial recruitment centre (TCC) in Kyiv or the Kyiv region, offering $15,000 to $50,000 for the attack. The organiser was detained in August in another case, a second suspect was detained in Shostka and a third is abroad; all three were served notices of suspicion of preparing a terrorist act. The photo shows two officers with a man whose face police blurred; the suspicions are allegations, and the people are presumed innocent until proven guilty.
- What
- Ukrainian police and SBU expose alleged plot to attack a Kyiv enlistment office
- Where
- Kyiv, Ukraine
- When
- Oct 20, 2026
- Who
- National Police of Ukraine (npu.gov.ua; @NPU_GOV_UA), with the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU)
- Status
- Official release
- Warning
- Content warning: None. Police with a detained man at night beside a car; his face is blurred by the police. No one harmed. Graphic level: none.
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Captured 20 October 2026. Time captured: not stated. Releasing authority: National Police of Ukraine (npu.gov.ua; @NPU_GOV_UA), with the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU). Location: Kyiv, Ukraine.
Credit: National Police of Ukraine (npu.gov.ua), CC BY 4.0. License: CC BY 4.0 (National Police of Ukraine, npu.gov.ua).