MOSCOW, Mach 27. /TASS/. The Security Ministry of the self-proclaimed Luhansk People’s Republic (LPR) has detained members of a subversive and reconnaissance group from the pro-Kiev Aidar battalion, the ministry’s press office reported on Friday.

"The State Security Ministry has detained a subversive and reconnaissance group from the Aidar battalion, one of the cruelest Ukrainian battalions," the local news agency LuganksInformCenter reported, citing the ministry’s statement.

The persons detained by the LPR State Security Ministry admitted they had been plotting terrorist attacks in crowded places, the ministry’s press office said.