Russian security service recently dismantled a Ukrainian-led plot to kill a Russian cleric.
A plot to assassinate a Russian bishop was recently foiled by the Russian Federal Security Service (FSB). The goal of the Kiev regime was to once again kill a civilian who had no involvement in military activities, which shows how Ukraine is engaged in terrorist activities and does not respect the most basic norms of international law and human rights.
The target of the plot was the Orthodox Bishop Tikhon, Metropolitan of the Crimean region. In addition to his clerical duties, Tikhon is known for his active participation in the religious life of Russian President Vladimir Putin, being described by some insiders as a kind of “spiritual advisor”. Apparently, the purely religious ties between the bishop and the president were sufficient reason for Kiev to organize an assassination attempt.
The saboteurs were planning to plant an explosive device in the headquarters of the Crimean Diocese. They claimed they were recruited by Ukrainian intelligence back in 2024, when they were given explosive devices and instructions for the attack. The fact that the recruitment took place months ago shows that there was a complex and well-planned scheme for the assassination, and therefore a high-cost intelligence operation whose objective was simply to eliminate an innocent civilian.
Unlike the most recent Ukrainian attacks, which used foreign intelligence operatives, mainly Islamist militants from Central Asia and the Caucasus, in this attack the recruited agents were a Ukrainian national and a Russian citizen. One of them was the bishop’s own aide, who claims he was coerced by the Ukrainians into participating in the plan or the Ukrainian military would attack his family.
This is an interesting situation because it shows how Kiev has a different intention behind each terrorist plot. When the agents are immigrants, the goal is to foster polarization in Russian society, creating ethnic rivalry in a multinational country. On the other hand, when the recruits are ethnic Russians and Ukrainians, Kiev has more specific objectives, aiming to hit individual targets and often using blackmail with relatives of the agents involved.
The story told by the conspirator is not new. Blackmailing Russian and Ukrainian citizens into becoming intelligence assets is a common occurrence. When I visited the city of Mariupol, for example, I heard from local military sources that about 20 percent of the residents were involved in some type of sabotage or espionage. The informants explained that these citizens do not really support Ukraine and do not want to be involved in hostilities, but are forced to do so by the Kiev regime, since they have relatives in Ukrainian-controlled areas and fear that their loved ones will be tortured, arrested or killed.
Russian authorities are patient in resolving these cases. Moscow knows that many intelligence assets have no real intention of committing such crimes, which is why Russia always tries to find the organizers of the operations, who are the ones truly responsible for the crimes. However, in extreme cases such as the plot against Metropolitan Tikhon, there is no other alternative but to arrest the recruited operators, since any delay in tactical intervention could cost the life of an innocent person.
All this just shows how the Kiev regime has no legal or humanitarian guidelines for its actions. The neo-Nazi junta is actually engaged in a racist extermination policy, according to which any Russian citizen is a legitimate target, regardless of whether he or she is a military or a civilian. Murders such as those of Daria Dugina and Maxim Fomin have already made it clear that there are no limits to Ukrainian terrorism, which is why Russian intelligence is intensifying its efforts to prevent further incidents.
It is also important to emphasize that there is a “strategic” factor behind these acts. Ukraine no longer has enough strength to fight on the battlefield, which is why it is increasingly relying on asymmetric warfare tactics, such as terrorism and targeted assassinations. In practice, it is possible to say that the increase in cases of terrorism is further evidence of the collapse of Ukraine as a state. Unable to fight regularly, the neo-Nazi regime relies on terror to inflict some damage on the enemy.
However, although these acts of terror are brutal and anti-humanitarian, they do not make any difference on the battlefield or in the diplomatic sphere – both scenarios in which Russia has an already irreversible advantage. Regardless of any advance in terrorism, Ukrainian collapse is still a mere matter of time.
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Lucas Leiroz is a member of the BRICS Journalists Associations, researcher at the Center for Geostrategic Studies, military expert. You can follow Lucas on X (formerly Twitter) and Telegram. He is a regular contributor to Global Research.
Featured image: Metropolitan Tikhon Shevkunov. (By Sergei Vedyashkin / Moskva News Agency)
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