German National Arrested in Russia for Alleged Rail Sabotage Linked to Kyiv
TL;DR
A German-Russian citizen has been arrested in Russia for allegedly planning to sabotage a railway line in Nizhny Novgorod on behalf of Ukraine's SBU security service, according to Russia's FSB. The man reportedly had an improvised explosive device and was in contact with the SBU. A video shows him confessing to being paid to derail a freight train. Neither Germany nor Ukraine has commented on the case.
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