Published: 11:59 PM, 02 August 2026
Female bomber kills at least 3 near Moscow restaurant
Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin on Sunday offered his condolences to the families of those killed and said those responsible would be punished. "A brutal terrorist attack was carried out in Moscow on Saturday," he said in a statement. Heavily armed law enforcement officers sealed off the scene of the attack on Saturday, reports Reuters.
The authorities did not name those killed or injured or any suspects. Unverified social media reports suggested that a top Russian military commander had been the intended target but had been unharmed.
More than four years into a full-scale military advancement into Ukraine, Russia this year promised better protection for high-ranking military officials after a series of assassinations and attempted killings, which it blamed on Kyiv.
Russian war bloggers, without citing any evidence, were quick to blame Ukraine for the attack. Kyiv did not immediately comment.
The Kommersant daily suggested that the woman carrying the bomb may not have known about it, and that it had been set off remotely by someone else.
The restaurant's website said the venue had been closed on Saturday for a private event.
The nature of the attack recalled a bombing carried out in 2023 that killed Russian pro-war blogger Vladlen Tatarsky.
A young woman, Darya Trepova, was jailed for 27 years for delivering a bomb concealed inside a statuette that exploded in Tatarsky's hands. She said she had been acting under instruction from a man in Ukraine who had sent her money.
Senior Ukrainian officials at the time neither claimed responsibility nor denied involvement.
