Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB) reported to TASS that it has foiled terrorist attacks targeting a senior Defense Ministry officer and a military blogger covering the special military operation.
According to the FSB, a Russian national, acting on orders from Ukraine’s military intelligence, has been arrested for plotting the attacks. “Under instructions from a handler, the attacker retrieved an improvised explosive device weighing about 1.5 kilograms in TNT equivalent, <…> disguised as a portable music box, from a hideout in the Moscow Region.
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Source: TASS News
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