Ukraine claimed on Monday to have thwarted a terrorist plot tied to the upcoming Euro 2016 football championship in France by last month arresting a French national seeking heavy weapons and explosives in the country’s war-torn eastern regions.
The arrest occurred in late May, according to authorities, and the suspect appears to have harboured far-right views.
“We were able to prevent a series of terrorist acts,” Vasyl Hrytsak, chief of Ukraine’s SBU state security service said at a press conference in Kiev on Monday.
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