MELITOPOL, April 10. /TASS/. Russian security officers have nabbed a Ukrainian intel agent who was plotting a terrorist attack against Russian troops, the department of Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB) in the Zaporozhye Region said.

"FSB officers in the Zaporozhye Region apprehended a local female resident who had been assisting criminals in preparing a terror attack against Russian servicemen. The Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) coordinated the activity of the accomplice and supplied her with explosive devices," the FSB said in a statement.

A probe revealed that the woman from the Zaporozhye Region had purchased components for making a Molotov cocktail and set up a new cache in order to hand the aforementioned items over to those who intended to carry out the attack.

A criminal probe has been launched. Detectives recovered three TNT blocks each weighing 400 grams and the components for making a hand-thrown incendiary weapon from the suspect’s home.