Moscow Restaurant Blast Prompts Theories About Targeted Birthday Celebration
A bomb exploded outside Moscow's Balzi Rossi restaurant, killing five and injuring 21 after a woman with a homemade device was stopped by a security guard; the attack is being treated as terrorism, with no official target named. Some reports linked the event to a birthday celebration for Colonel General Alexander Chaiko, Russia’s Aerospace Forces commander, but this is unconfirmed. Russia blamed Ukraine, while Kyiv and Moscow have not issued formal statements.
