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WorldThe ‘ordinary’ woman accused of assassinating a Russian commander in Crimea

A bomb hidden in a rubbish bin killed Robert Shageev, deputy commander of a Russian Black Sea fleet submarine brigade, in Sevastopol. Russian investigators detained Margarita Reutt and said she confessed to carrying out the attack for a Ukrainian intelligence-linked handler, although those claims could not be independently verified.

CrimeaSevastopolbomb attackRussian military

TThe Guardian★★★☆☆2026-08-23 04:00Original

The ‘ordinary’ woman accused of assassinating a Russian commander in Crimea
The ‘ordinary’ woman accused of assassinating a Russian commander in CrimeaWorld