One of the members of the group has been cooperating with the investigation. He testified that the group had begun work to overthrow the constitutional order in the summer of 2021.

He was contacted by a retired officer of the enemy’s intelligence service who turned out to be the organizer of the ‘scheme’. He announced his intention to create a new democracy in Ukraine, and if the current government ‘does not resign’, the group will move on to a force scenario.

To seize power, the group had to recruit 500 militants, preferably former military servicemen who have been involved in the Anti-Terrorist Operation, and provide them with weapons.

The implementation of the plan was supposed to coincide with Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine. However, due to the SSU’s efforts, the network was uncovered and its organizers and key members were detained in early March in Ivano-Frankivsk and Khmelnytskyi regions.

One of the accomplices admitted his guilt and testified against the organizer. Files of the proceedings have been submitted to court.