Ukrainian Security Service (SBU) officers carried out an operation to prevent a series of terrorist attacks on the territory of France, which were planned for the time of the Euro 2016 European football championship, SBU Chief Vasyl Hrytsak has said.

"The SBU has succeeded in preventing a series of 15 terrorist attacks, which were planned for the Euro 2016 in France, which will open June 10," Hrytsak said at a briefing in Kyiv on Monday.