Russia ‘Foils Kyiv Plot’ to Kill Officer With ‘Speaker Bomb’, N Korea Vows ‘Toughest’ Strategy on US
Russia’s FSB claims to have foiled a Ukrainian assassination plot targeting a Russian officer and pro-war blogger with a bomb concealed in a speaker. The device, retrieved by a Russian citizen allegedly acting under Ukrainian military intelligence orders, contained 1.5 kg of TNT. Separately, Ukraine’s air force struck a Shahed drone depot in Russia’s Oryol region, significantly weakening Moscow’s drone attack capacity. Amid ongoing tensions, President Zelensky accused Slovakia of aiding Russia, while Gazprom announced plans to halt gas supplies to Moldova over a debt dispute. n18oc_crux