MOSCOW, July 17 (Xinhua) -- A Moscow court has sentenced a 59-year-old Russian citizen to 13 years in prison for attempting to send spare parts for Russian military aircraft to Ukraine, said the Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) on Friday.

This photo taken on May 13, 2026 shows the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia. Moscow, the capital and largest city of Russia, stands as the country's political, economic, cultural and technological center. (Photo: Xinhua)

The man acquired aviation bearings used in Mi combat helicopters, and Su and MiG aircraft in Russia and attempted to smuggle them out of the country for delivery to a key enterprise maintaining military aircraft and helicopters for the Ukrainian forces, said the FSB in a statement.

The case is the latest in a series of recently thwarted Ukrainian plots against Russia, the FSB said.

Earlier, the FSB said it had foiled large-scale Ukrainian drone attacks on the Ukrainka, Shagol and Rostov-Central military airfields.