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Saboteur wounded while booby-trapping car in Kyiv survives

He is an officer of the Russian military intelligence.

Saboteur wounded while booby-trapping car in Kyiv survives
Photo: SBU video screenshot

The saboteur who got wounded on 4 April while planting a bomb under the car of a Ukrainian special service member has survived.

According to the chief of the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU), he is now in hospital.

Earlier, the Prosecutor-General’s Office said that the man had succumbed to multiple wounds in hospital without regaining consciousness.

Hrytsak said that the saboteur had a fake Kyrgyz passport issued to Aleksey Lomako. His real name is Aleksey Komarichev.

He is a Russian national and an officer of military intelligence.

He headed a Russian sabotage team deployed to Ukraine to kill Ukrainian intelligence officers.

Seven members of the team have been detained, including Russian officer Timur Dzortov.