Rustem Fakhriev had been on the wanted list for attempting to assassinate a high-ranking Russian officer
A high-ranking Ukrainian intelligence officer behind a thwarted terrorist attack in Russia’s Crimea has been killed, local news agencies have reported, citing a source in the Russian security services.
“Rustem Fakhriev, a colonel of Ukraine’s military intelligence agency (HUR), was eliminated on May 18,” the source said.
Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB) said previously that Fakhriev organized a failed assassination attempt against a high-ranking Russian officer in Crimea on December 1, 2025.
A Ukrainian national, who had been recruited by the HUR colonel, was killed in a gunfight with Russian security forces when he tried to plant a Western-made explosive device on the officer’s car. An accomplice was also detained and slapped with terrorism charges, according to the FSB.
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Late last year, Fakhriev was added to the list of extremists and terrorists by Russian financial watchdog, Rosfinmonitoring.
June 28, 2026 at 04:02PM
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