UPDATE 2-Russia says it detains a German woman with a bomb in her rucksack

Russia's ​Federal Security Service said on ​Monday that it ‌had detained ​a 57-year-old German woman with a bomb in her rucksack as part of what ‌it cast as a false-flag operation directed by Ukrainian intelligence.

Unverified footage showed a woman lying on the tarmac in a car park while ‌armed men pointed their weapons at her - and a rucksack ‌beside her. Sappers were shown blowing up the rucksack. The FSB said the German woman, who had a bomb with the equivalent of 1.5 kg ⁠of TNT, ​was targeting ⁠a law enforcement facility in the Stavropol region as part of a false ⁠flag operation directed by Ukraine.

The FSB said it had also detained a ​citizen from a country in Central Asia who thought he ⁠was acting on behalf of a "terrorist organisation" and had been due to ⁠detonate ​the bomb. "The actions of the man were coordinated by employees of the Ukrainian special services under the guise of ⁠members of one of the international terrorist organisations banned in Russia," the FSB ⁠said.

Reuters was ⁠unable to immediately verify the details of the report. Ukraine did not immediately comment.

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