In Magnitogorsk, FSB officers detained three citizens involved in the ignition of a relay and battery cabinet. In the Chelyabinsk region, suspects were detained in an attempt to commit sabotage on the South Ural Railway.

On May 5, on the territory of the Zaporozhye region, the activities of a sabotage and terrorist group consisting of agents of the Ukrainian special services were suppressed. Ukrainian saboteurs intended to attack A-50 long-range radar detection and control aircraft with drones.