UPDATE 3-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. A ⁠German foreign ⁠ministry spokesperson in Berlin said the ministry had taken note of the report but would not elaborate further.

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