DONETSK, November 13. /TASS/. A Ukrainian detained by the security services of the Donetsk People's Republic (DPR) for collecting information about the region's energy infrastructure facilities had a task of blowing them up, the head of the region, Denis Pushilin, has said on his Telegram channel.

The regional office of the Federal Security Service (FSB) has said a citizen of Ukraine was detained for collecting information about life support facilities and transmitting it through social networks and messengers to the Ukrainian secret services.

"Thanks to coordinated action by our law enforcement agencies and the Federal Security Service, who have identified and already detained a dangerous saboteur, recruited for blowing up crucial facilities, all acts of sabotage were prevented," Pushilin said in his video message.

He emphasized that the saboteur could have created a serious problem to the region's thermal power supply infrastructure. Pushilin urged the people to stay cautious and be on guard.