A cargo of explosives was detained in Georgia, which was on its way from Odesa to Voronezh to carry out terrorist attacks, the country's State Security Service reports. The transit of the explosives was supervised by Andriy Sharashidze, a former candidate for the Servant of the People party, a resident of Odesa.

The department claims that the explosives weighing 14 kg entered the country under the guise of batteries for electric vehicles. 

The cargo was shipped from Odesa via Romania, Bulgaria and Turkey, and crossed the Turkish-Georgian border at the Sarpi checkpoint on January 19. The destination of the cargo was Voronezh, three explosive devices were seized at the Russian-Georgian border, but three more devices were "left in Tbilisi at a specific address."

The SSG indicates that the "organizer of the process" was a native of Batumi, a citizen of Ukraine, Andriy Sharashidze, who ran for the Odesa regional council in 2020 from the Servant of the People party. It is not specified whether he was detained or not.

The scheme also involved seven Georgian citizens, three Ukrainian citizens and two Armenian citizens, but only Sharashidze knew about the explosive devices and detonator capsules installed in the car's batteries, the SSG suggests.

The SSG suggests that, "given the use of Georgian territory and the wide involvement of Georgian citizens in this process," Tbilisi planned to be accused of "both planning and implementing terrorist attacks which were planned to be carried out in Georgia or abroad."