# Eight detained over attempted drone attack on strategic plant near Moscow — FSB

https://mins.news/en/item/28137

- TASS, 2026-08-21 08:20 UTC
- World
- Original: https://tass.com/society/2175965

> Russia’s Federal Security Service says eight people were arrested for plotting a terrorist attack on a strategic plant in the Moscow Region with 35 FPV drones carrying explosives. The FSB said one accomplice resisted arrest with a weapon and was neutralized.

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