SBU video: alleged Russian agent detained in Kyiv over Odesa strike and terror plot

Text poster only. The source video shows armed SBU officers in helmets and body armour leading a young man whose face is obscured from a grey van, officers crouching by a hedge to recover a small box wrapped in tree bark with a camera inside, a spokesperson speaking in front of the SBU emblem and Ukrainian flag, and officers walking the man down a corridor. — Security Service of Ukraine (@ServiceSsu), watch at source · Link-only (source-hosted; not rehosted)

Video and photos released Oct. 21, 2026 by the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU). The SBU says its counter-intelligence detained an 18-year-old Odesa resident in Kyiv who passed Russia the coordinates of a postal logistics terminal in Odesa that was later hit by jet-powered drones in August, tracked air-defence and defence-industry sites in Odesa region and scouted coordinates in Dnipro, then set up a hidden camera disguised as a juice box opposite a Kyiv resident's home to prepare a terrorist attack. It says he was served a notice of suspicion of high treason under martial law and is held without bail; the video shows armed SBU officers detaining him, his face obscured, and the seized camera.

What: SBU video: alleged Russian agent detained in Kyiv over Odesa strike and terror plot
Where: Kyiv, Ukraine
When: Oct 21, 2026
Who: Security Service of Ukraine (SBU, @ServiceSsu)
Status: Official release
Warning: Content warning: None. Officers detain a man whose face is obscured in the SBU footage, plus a spokesperson statement and seized items; no one is shown hurt. Graphic level: none.

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Security Service of Ukraine (SBU, @ServiceSsu) · Security Service of Ukraine on X (Oct. 21, 2026): agent who adjusted strikes and prepared a terrorist attack in Kyiv detained

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Captured 21 October 2026. Time captured: not stated. Releasing authority: Security Service of Ukraine (SBU, @ServiceSsu). Location: Kyiv, Ukraine.

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