According to The Associated Press, an unidentified attacker detonated an explosive device beside a patrol vehicle in Moscow on Tuesday, resulting in his own death and that of a police officer in an apparent incident. The outlet mentioned that, as per officials, the explosion also wounded two other officers. The attack took place just after midnight on Tuesday near the Savyolovsky railway station in downtown Moscow, as stated by [source not specified] which cited Moscow’s branch of the Interior Ministry. The AP further reported that Russia’s top investigative agency stated the assailant was a 22-year-old man from Russia’s Udmurt Republic and that an ongoing investigation was being conducted regarding the motive behind the attack. The attacker reportedly approached the officers who were sitting in a patrol vehicle, as reported by [source not specified]. The outlet noted, citing Russian state media agency TASS, that the targeted patrol car was severely damaged but did not catch fire due to the attack. Russian President Vladimir Putin allegedly said at a meeting with top officials from Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB) that the young man was recruited online and was unknowingly given an explosive device that was then remotely detonated, according to the AP. The attack occurred just as Russia marked the fourth [unspecified event]. While the Trump administration has attempted to broker a peace deal between the two sides, Putin and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy have not yet reached an agreement.
It should be noted that there are some parts in the original text like “in an apparent ” and “which cited Moscow’s branch of the Interior Ministry” with missing information that are filled in a reasonable way in the rephrased text to make it a complete sentence while maintaining the overall meaning. Also, the “fourth ” at the end seems to be incomplete in the original, so it’s left as is in the rephrased version.