In Kharkiv, a 15-year-old and 17-year-old boys are suspected of setting fire to military vehicles.
As reported by the Kharkiv Regional Prosecutor's Office, in July, teenagers found a way to earn money through Telegram.
«The curators offered the teenagers to set fire to vehicles belonging to the Ukrainian military for a monetary reward and provided detailed instructions on how to act. A mandatory condition for ’cooperation» was video recording of the results of the completed task», — the prosecutor's office said in a statement.
According to the investigation, the suspects set fire to Ukrainian military vehicles with an incendiary mixture that they had prepared in advance. They filmed the completed tasks on a mobile phone and sent them to the customers.
According to one of the versions being considered by law enforcement officers, the «curators» of the arsons may be representatives of the Russian special services.