Russian special services plan to carry out terrorist attacks in the territory of Russia to escalate anti-Ukrainian hysteria.

“Russian special services plan to carry out a series of terrorist attacks to mine and blow up residential houses, hospitals, and schools in Russian populated localities, as well as to launch missile and bomb strikes on Belgorod or one of the towns in Crimea”, - said Major General Kyrylo Budanov, Head of the Chief Directorate of Intelligence of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine, the Directorate posted on Telegram.

According to him, the failed implementation of the mobilization plan in Russia forces the Putin regime to launch “dirty scenarios” to emotionally stir up Russian society and further consolidate it against Ukrainians.

“To do this, they plot explosions in Russian residential houses or missile attacks to accuse the Armed Forces of Ukraine and volunteer battalions of the attacks and to create an emotional picture of the “atrocities of Ukrainian nationalists”. It is quite possible that these terrorist attacks will be presented as a revenge of Ukrainians for Bucha and Kramatorsk and as an excuse for cruelty against the Ukrainian civilian population”, - Budanov stressed.