Metro Co UK
By Sam Corbishley
Wednesday 6 Sep 2023 9:58 am
A major-general in Russia’s FSB security services has been seriously wounded in an explosion at his home in eastern Ukraine.
Yuri Afanasevskii, 64, and his son are both fighting for life in hospital following the blast, which is suspected to have been caused by a bomb concealed inside a mobile phone.
Russian sources have accused Ukraine’s SBU secret service of masterminding the attack in the illegally annexed Luhansk People’s Republic.
A woman has been detained on suspicion of attempted murder after allegedly handing him the rigged handset.