MOSCOW, November 13. /TASS/. The Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) has foiled a terrorist attack on an electrical substation that provides energy to a military-industrial facility and the infrastructure of the Sverdlovsk Railway in Nizhny Tagil, the Public Relations Center (PRC) of the FSB reported.

"A Russian citizen born in 1997, who was affiliated with a pro-Ukrainian terrorist organization, was arrested during operational and investigative activities when he was planning to carry out a terrorist attack at an electrical substation in the city of Nizhny Tagil. The substation powers one of the region’s military-industrial facilities and the infrastructure of Sverdlovsk Railway," the PRC said.

"During the investigation, he pleaded guilty," the FSB added.

It was revealed that the detainee had materials for producing an improvised explosive device and had been communicating with Ukrainian security services via Telegram.

The Investigative Committee of Russia in the Sverdlovsk Region has initiated a criminal case under part 3 of Article 30 and part 2 of Article 205 of the Russian Criminal Code (attempted act of terrorism), which carries a sentence of up to fifteen years in prison. The suspect has been taken into custody.