This was reported by RIA Novosti with reference to the FSB Public Relations Center.

It is also reported that the defendants in the cases confess to cooperation with Ukrainian military intelligence in the preparation of terrorist attacks on the territory of Russia.

Earlier, the press service of the FSB Directorate for the Republic of Crimea and the city of Sevastopol said that the court arrested seven members of the intelligence network of the military intelligence of Ukraine, who were preparing terrorist attacks and assassination attempts in the Russian region.

Among the planned terrorist attacks was an attempt on the head of the region, Sergei Aksyonov.

Also, the FSB found out that the organizer of the terrorist attacks and the coordinator of the preparation of the murders of high-ranking officials in the Crimea is an officer of the military intelligence of Ukraine Roman Mashovets.