2014 takeover of the SBU headquarters in Lugansk as an example of the operation of the Russian special services
Journal: Przegląd Bezpieczeństwa Wewnętrznego
Year: 2023

The author analyzes the seizure of the SBU headquarters in Lugansk in 2014 by pro-Russian demonstrators. The author presents well-documented evidence that the Luhansk SBU was selected by the Russian secret services as a “trigger” of the uprising in the Donbas, due to the accumulation of a huge amount of ammunition, weapons and explosives, thanks to which the separatists could immediately start creating military structures after the attack. In the author’s opinion, the infiltration of the Ukraini