Russia's Federal Security Service (FSB) said today that it had prevented a series of attacks on military and civil servants, the Interfax news agency reported, as reported by Reuters.
According to the FSB, "Ukrainian special services" planned to send explosive devices in packages by mail.
Beta news agency reports that the FSB said it had prevented packages containing homemade bombs from being delivered to soldiers and civil servants linked to the Russian offensive in Ukraine.
The FSB accused Ukrainian special services of being behind the attempted attack.
In a press release, the FSB said that five packages containing homemade explosive devices, hidden in perfume boxes, were seized at the airport in Chelyabinsk, in the Urals.
A Russian citizen born in 2003 who was "recruited by Ukrainian special services" attempted to send the packages by mail.
Russia and Ukraine regularly accuse each other of sabotage carried out by members of the local population recruited on social media.
Russian Defense Ministry: Russian military shot down 77 Ukrainian drones
The Russian military shot down 77 Ukrainian drones over several regions last night, the Russian Defense Ministry announced, reports the Beta agency.
Air Defense Forces (ADF) intercepted and destroyed 77 drones, most of which were over the Bryansk region, on the border with Ukraine, and the Kaluga region.
The drones were shot down two days after the largest Ukrainian attack of this type since the start of the conflict.
Ukrainian military: 74 of 117 drones launched by Russia shot down
The Ukrainian military said today that it had shot down 74 of 117 drones launched by Russia overnight, Reuters reports.
Another 38 drones failed to reach their targets, likely due to electronic warfare countermeasures, the military added in a statement on the Telegram messaging app.
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