By Elena Teslova
MOSCOW (AA) - The Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) claimed Thursday it foiled an act of sabotage on the Black Sea Fleet by Ukraine.
The FSB said a navy officer confessed he was recruited by Ukrainian military intelligence to blow up a vessel carrying high-precision hypersonic weapons.
"As a result of the measures taken, a serviceman of the Russian Navy recruited by the Ukrainian special service was detained, from whom two improvised explosive devices with a total mass of 1 kg in TNT equivalent were seized," it said in a statement.
The suspect is also accused of transmitting information constituting a state secret, it said.