Ukrainian police and SBU expose alleged plot to attack a Kyiv enlistment office

Night street photo: two police officers in black jackets marked 'ПОЛІЦІЯ' stand beside a man in a dark jacket whose face is blurred, next to a dark sedan with a blurred number plate, with lit high-rise apartment blocks behind them and a National Police of Ukraine watermark. — National Police of Ukraine (npu.gov.ua), CC BY 4.0 · CC BY 4.0 (National Police of Ukraine, npu.gov.ua)

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: 2026-10-20
Source: National Police of 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)
Details: Official release · National Police of Ukraine (npu.gov.ua; @NPU_GOV_UA), with the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) · Kyiv, Ukraine

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Ukrainian police and SBU expose alleged plot to attack a Kyiv enlistment office

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