Russia has been told by the United States to brace for a potential terror attack in Moscow.
The country’s Federal Security Service (FSB) said it had received information from the US through established partner channels about preparations for a terrorist attack in its capital.
The force said it was taking appropriate measures to stave off the threat.
The US Embassy in Moscow separately said it was “aware of a credible threat of a mass casualty event” on Saturday at Moscow’s Tsaritsyno Museum Reserve, adding that the US Government was working with Russian authorities.
The tip-off is not the first of its kind, with the US warning Moscow in 2024 ahead of the March 22 Crocus City Hall attack, which left 145 people dead and hundreds more wounded.
At the time, Russian spy chief Sergei Naryshkin said the information was “too general”.
“The Federal Security Service [FSB] received some information from the US intelligence services that such a thing was unfortunately possible.
“But our Russian colleagues said the information was too general and did not allow us to fully identify those who committed this terrible crime,” he said.
Today’s warning follows travel chaos across Moscow sparked by Ukraine’s unorthodox new method of warfare.
Kyiv launched kamikaze drones from weather balloons in an attack targeting the city’s busiest airport.
Pictures appeared to show a high-altitude balloon dangling a drone.
Nearly 1,000 flights were grounded nationwide as a result of the threat.
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Volodymyr Zelensky’s efforts to throw Russia’s airspace into turmoil caused huge delays for thousands of passengers last weekend.
Pro-Kremlin war channels noted: “This is the device the enemy is using to target the Russian capital in an attempt to disrupt the Moscow aviation hub.”
The Russian Defence Ministry claims to have downed 2,690 Ukrainian drones in the past two-and-a-half days.
Ukraine says Vladimir Putin is to blame for the sudden uptick in Ukrainian drone warfare, accusing him of remaining intent on letting the conflict rumble on.
Britain’s Foreign Secretary Ed Miliband agrees, and he made his feelings clear at a heated G20 summit.
He told his Russian counterpart, Sergey Lavrov: “We know you are the aggressor,” adding: “You are not winning this war.”
His comments came a day after Putin’s forces brutally bombed a railway station in Dnipro, Ukraine, leaving 15 dead.
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