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Russia’s FSB says explosives were hidden in FPV goggles
Russia’s FSB said Ukrainian intelligence services, through volunteers and Russian Post, attempted to send FPV goggles containing explosive devices instead of coolers to Russian drone operators. The shipment was seized, and a criminal case was opened over preparations for a terrorist attack.
Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB) said it had prevented a series of sabotage attacks involving FPV goggles used to control drones, with improvised explosive devices hidden inside them. According to the agency, Ukrainian intelligence services were behind the scheme, and the goggles were intended to reach Russian drone operators disguised as humanitarian aid.
The FSB’s Public Relations Center said that a serviceman in the Volgograd region received two pairs of the goggles from a volunteer and contacted the security authorities. Bomb disposal experts determined that explosives had been installed in the devices instead of cooling units and were supposed to detonate when the goggles were switched on.
“Charity donors” demanded thank-you videos
“I agreed to receive this humanitarian aid. After collecting and opening the package, I contacted the security authorities because I had heard that these models of goggles were used for sabotage against military personnel,” a serviceman says in footage released by the FSB.
According to the agency, Ukrainian intelligence services, posing as “pseudo-patriots,” contacted humanitarian organizations and charitable foundations through anonymous Telegram accounts. The senders provided no personal information, refused to move to the Max messenger and invariably demanded that servicemen record videos expressing their gratitude. A similar shipment sent through Russian Post was seized in several regions.
Criminal case opened
“The thermal test established burning characteristic of an explosive substance,” a specialist says in the video. A criminal case was opened over the illegal manufacture and trafficking of explosives and preparations for a terrorist attack, while the FSB is searching for those involved in sending the devices. The agency urged volunteers to accept aid only from verified sources and to check it for explosives.
The method resembles the 2024 attack involving booby-trapped pagers against Hezbollah in Lebanon. The Ukrainian side has not commented on the FSB’s statements.
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