Blast that injured two was 'terrorist attack', Ukrainian authorities say
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In Bucha, near Kyiv, Ukraine, two police officers were injured in what authorities are calling a "terrorist act" involving two explosions on a residential street early Monday. The second blast occurred after police arrived at the scene of the first. A 21-year-old local resident has been arrested and charged with terrorism, suspected of planting the explosives after being recruited online. While the SBU claims the suspect is a "Russian agent," police are still investigating the recruiters' identities and potential links to Russia. The suspect claims he was blackmailed into planting the explosives with threats against his mother. This incident follows a series of similar explosions across Ukraine this year, including one in Lviv in February that killed a police officer.
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AI-ExtractedThe Ukrainian security service SBU issued a statement calling the suspect 'a Russian agent'.
The suspect has been charged with terrorism.
Police arrested a 21-year-old local resident who they say was recruited online to carry out the two explosions.
Two police officers have been injured in an explosion that authorities say was a 'terrorist act' in Bucha.
He says he just wanted to make some money and was promised 25,000 hryvnyas [£450; $570] for each blast.
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