Russia detains a Moldovan citizen suspected of shooting a military officer on orders from Ukraine
Russian authorities said Tuesday they have detained a suspect in last week’s shooting that wounded a senior military officer, the latest in a series of attacks on personnel and figures linked to the war in Ukraine . The…
Russian authorities announced on Tuesday the detention of a 21-year-old Moldovan national suspected of attempting to assassinate a high-ranking military officer on orders from Ukrainian intelligence, according to the Federal Security Service (FSB). The incident occurred on September 3 in the Probuzhdenie settlement near Engels, in Saratov region, where the victim was shot multiple times and survived, currently hospitalized.
The suspect was allegedly recruited by Ukrainian intelligence in 2025 and entered Russia in June. He was apprehended in the southern Astrakhan region while attempting to leave the country for Moldova. FSB officials claim the suspect was offered a sum of $70,000 for carrying out the attack. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy expressed satisfaction with the arrest, stating, "Wherever Russian criminals hide, they will be found, and today there is further confirmation of this fact – confirmation in the Saratov region."
The attack comes in the wake of a series of bombings targeting individuals involved in Russia's 2022 invasion of Ukraine, with Moscow attributing some of the blasts to Kyiv.
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