{"id":581864,"date":"2026-04-10T19:07:01","date_gmt":"2026-04-10T16:07:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/korabelov.info\/2026\/04\/581864\/the-bike-didn-t-help-the-tourist-hitman-failed-the-russian-handlers-special-assignment\/"},"modified":"2026-04-10T19:07:05","modified_gmt":"2026-04-10T16:07:05","slug":"the-bike-didn-t-help-the-tourist-hitman-failed-the-russian-handlers-special-assignment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/korabelov.info\/en\/2026\/04\/581864\/the-bike-didn-t-help-the-tourist-hitman-failed-the-russian-handlers-special-assignment\/","title":{"rendered":"The bike didn't help: the \"tourist\" hitman failed the Russian handlers' special assignment"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Security Service of Ukraine reported April 10, 2026<\/strong>, that counterintelligence together with the SBU Directorate in Odesa Oblast prevented a contract killing of a senior official of the Naval Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. The special operation took place in Odesa<\/strong>, where law enforcement officers detained a Russian agent directly while preparing for the attack.<\/p>\n

According to the investigation, the perpetrator was a 37-year-old foreigner<\/strong> from one of the Balkan countries, who had been recruited by Russian intelligence services. In February 2026<\/strong> he arrived in Ukraine posing as a tourist, after which he traveled to Odesa to carry out the task.<\/p>\n

Before the attempt the agent received the coordinates of a weapons cache \u2014 a pistol with a silencer and ammunition<\/strong>. He then tracked the routes of the Ukrainian serviceman and coordinated the attack location with his handler. For concealment he constantly changed rented apartments and hotels.<\/p>\n

On the day of the attack the assailant took up a position near the exit of the residential complex where the officer lives. He disguised himself, pretending to repair a bicycle<\/strong>, and waited for the serviceman’s car to appear. When the car approached, the killer threw the bicycle under the wheels and tried to open fire.<\/p>\n

At that moment he was detained by counterintelligence officers and fighters of the special unit CSO “A”, who had been documenting his actions for a long time and controlled every stage of the crime’s preparation.<\/p>\n

The suspect has already been notified of suspicion under Part 2 of Art. 15, Part 2 of Art. 258 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine<\/strong> \u2014 a completed attempt to commit a terrorist act.<\/p>\n

The detainee is currently in custody; he faces up to<\/strong> 12 years of imprisonment<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

The operation was conducted under the procedural supervision of the regional prosecutor’s office.<\/p>\n

Earlier we wrote:<\/p>\n