Ukraine detains suspected Russian agents trying to blow up strategic rail line, spy agency says


(Reuters) - Ukrainian security officers arrested two people suspected of acting on behalf of Russia as they tried to blow up a railway line used to supply weapons to the east for Kyiv's war effort, the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) said on Tuesday.

The detainees, identified only as residents of the Kyiv and Kharkiv regions, planted an explosive device by the line in central Poltava region and planned to detonate it remotely, but they were caught red-handed by SBU officers, the statement said.

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