Russia’s FSB says it foiled a 35-drone attack near Moscow and blames Ukrainian intelligence — and a rapper living in the U.S.

Russia's Federal Security Service says it foiled a planned drone attack on a strategic facility in a residential part of the Moscow region. According to Meduza, the FSB claims Ukraine's Security Service was behind the plot, alleging that thirty-five drones were smuggled in from Slovakia by way of Belarus, disguised as a shipment of Spanish ceramic tiles, to be launched from a hangar next to the target. A Russian citizen who had rented that hangar was killed in a shootout during the arrests, and another suspect was detained. The FSB also named a Ukrainian rapper living in the United States, Albert Vasilyev, known as Kyivstoner, as involved in organizing the attack, without specifying his role — a claim he dismissed outright on social media.

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