MOSCOW – Ukraine’s intelligence agency SBU says it has thwarted a plot to attack soccer’s European Championships in France.
The SBU said in a statement on Monday that it had followed a French man since December and allowed him to purchase five machine-guns, two rocket propelled grenades and other weapons before he was arrested on the Ukrainian-Polish border last month.
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The SBU didn’t identify the man but said he was driven by ultra-nationalist views and planned 15 attacks on bridges, railways and other pieces of infrastructure for Euro 2016 that will be held in France.