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Russia says it caught Ukrainian agents preparing close range drone attack on Moscow's air defenses

New York Post·Reuters·about 2 hours ago
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Russia’s FSB security service has thwarted a planned Ukrainian drone attack from inside Russia on a ​key element of Moscow’s air defense system and on ‌an electricity facility, the FSB said on Monday, saying it had arrested two men involved in the plot.

The two men, who the FSB ​said were from the South Caucasus region and had ​been acting under instructions from Ukraine’s SBU security ⁠service, had retrieved First Person View drones and explosives from ​two Russian regions, delivered them to the Moscow region, and ​configured and activated the drones, the FSB said.

The drones were to be remotely controlled from Ukraine, it said.

Servicemen of the National Police Special Purpose Battalion Zaporizhzhia region prepare a Gara reconnaissance and strike drone for a flight while working at a position near a front line, amid Russia’s attack on Ukraine, in Donetsk region, Ukraine, on Oct. 16, 2026.…

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