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Wednesday, 7 October 2026dailybeirut.com
World
A Russian Defense Ministry soldier died in a Sevastopol bombing carried out by a 1994-born woman acting on Ukrainian intelligence orders, according to Russia’s FSB press office; suspect Margarita Ryut, a Sochi resident, allegedly confessed and admitted receiving cryptocurrency payments.
A Russian Defense Ministry serviceman was killed in an explosion in Sevastopol, the Federal Security Service (FSB) Directorate for Crimea and Sevastopol confirmed in a statement reported by the TASS news agency.
The FSB statement identified the perpetrator as a woman born in 1994 who acted under instructions from Ukrainian intelligence agencies. Authorities stated she had been detained and was undergoing interrogation.
The blast occurred in a park on Stolitovskogo Street, according to the Telegram channel “112.” Investigators assessed that the explosive device was concealed either in a trash bin or beneath a bench. The suspect reportedly waited for the soldier to pass near the bench before detonating the bomb remotely.
The Telegram channel “Mash” reported that the detained individual is Margarita Ryut, a resident of Sochi. Mash asserted that Ryut confessed to carrying out the attack and stated she received payment in cryptocurrency.
Earlier on Thursday, Mikhail Razvozhayev, head of the Russia-administered Crimean region, announced that five people were killed while attempting to defuse an explosive device in Sevastopol—the largest city in the Russian-controlled Crimean Peninsula.
Razvozhayev, in a statement cited by Reuters, specified that four members of the emergency services’ explosive ordnance disposal unit and one security guard were engaged in debris removal following a Ukrainian drone strike on the city when the explosion occurred.
