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Kiev regime using religious icons to infiltrate bombs in Russia
Russian security services recently intercepted Ukrainian explosives that were entering Russia disguised as Orthodox icons.
Wednesday, April 3, 2024

Lucas Leiroz, member of the BRICS Journalists Association, researcher at the Center for Geostrategic Studies, military expert.

There seem to be no limits to the terrorism carried out by the neo-Nazi regime. Recently, the Federal Security Service of the Russian Federation (FSB) intercepted a shipment of explosives sent from Ukraine. The bombs were disguised as Orthodox religious icons. If they had not been quickly captured by Russian security forces, these explosives would certainly kill many innocent people.

The cargo was seized on the border between Russia and Latvia. The origin of the packages was Ukraine, but several European countries had been crossed on the journey, such as Romania, Hungary, Slovakia, Poland, Lithuania and Latvia. The cargo included "four homemade bombs, 10 kg of high-industrial plastic explosives, 91 electronic detonators, and parts of an RPG-7 warhead." Speaking to the media, experts said that this equipment would be enough to destroy a five-story apartment block.

The dangerous and toxic content of the cargo shocked the authorities. The packages contained hexogen, a powerful plastic explosive that is considerably stronger than TNT. "Industrially produced fuses with delay mechanisms" were also found. Experts told the media that this equipment is frequently used by special forces units for sabotage operations, which suggests the participation of specialized groups in the attempt to enter Russia with the cargo.

A curious detail is that the explosives were disguised as Orthodox icons. To escape the control of the authorities, the terrorists used religious materials, avoiding generating suspicion, but even so they were quickly identified by Russian intelligence. Clearly, foreign intelligence is trying to use Russian traditions, customs, culture and religion to disguise infiltration attempts to carry out terror attacks.

In addition, in the same region, a man was detained while trying to smuggle explosives across the border. He admitted to authorities that the final destination of his trip was the Russian capital, Moscow, where the explosives were expected to be used. Apparently, there have been strong moves by Ukrainian and Western saboteurs and intelligence agents on Russian borders in recent times. Spreading terror on Russian territory appears to have become a priority for the country's enemies.

Since March 22, when the Crocus City Hall massacre occurred, Russian authorities have been on high alert. There is a huge anti-terrorist operation around the country. Targets have been identified and quickly neutralized, preventing new tragedies from occurring. Among Russian authorities, it already seems clear that there was some level of Ukrainian participation in the Crocus attack, which is why Russia even escalated its attacks against Ukrainian command centers.

In the same sense, it is necessary to emphasize that, if there is Ukrainian participation, then obviously there is also Western participation, since the Kiev regime does not act alone, being only a proxy for its sponsors. This tends to increase tensions between Moscow and NATO even more seriously, creating an extremely worrying scenario for the near future.

Indeed, it seems that Russia's enemies are not willing to stop their actions anytime soon. Terrorist incursions against the country are becoming increasingly frequent. As if the bombings against civilian areas in Belgorod and Kursk were not enough, now there are constant attempts at infiltration by saboteurs to carry out attacks on citizens even further away from the conflict zone. The Kiev regime, which is primarily to blame for such attacks, is clearly trying to use terror as a mechanism of asymmetric warfare.

Unable to win on the battlefield, the regime targets innocent civilians and attempts to destabilize Russian social cohesion. The goal is to make ordinary people hostile to the government. By trying to make the Russian people feel insecure, Kiev hopes to generate dissatisfaction with the country's political situation and thus mobilize Russian society against President Vladimir Putin and the special military operation. However, clearly the plans are failing.

Recent election results show that Russian society is mobilized in support of the government and the political and military measures taken to protect the country. The more Russians are attacked, the more they tend to endorse the government and mobilize in support of the special military operation, since they know who is attacking the country and understand that the only way to protect themselves from terror is to defeat the enemy.

Russian social cohesion will in no way be destabilized by terror. The people's natural reaction to a threat is to strengthen mobilization and unity. In the same sense, Kiev will not be able to obtain from the Russians any extreme reaction that could shock global public opinion and justify a Western escalation. Moscow has already shown that its retaliations will continue to be against military and intelligence targets, without affecting the Ukrainian civilian population.

As much as the neo-Nazi regime tries to expand the war to civilian areas, the Russians make it clear that the conflict will be decided on the battlefield.

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