FSB Raid Derails Kyiv’s Deadly Beer Trap for Putin Aide in High-Stakes ‘Spy Thriller’ Russia’s FSB says it foiled a Ukrainian intelligence plot to assassinate a senior Russian military officer using beer laced with a British-made chemical weapon. Investigators claim Ukraine’s HUR created a fake online persona, “Polina,” using AI-generated photos and videos to build trust with the target before sending the poisoned beer through a courier already under investigation for smuggling explosives. Tests reportedly found a VX nerve-agent variant strong enough to kill within 20 minutes. Moscow accuses Kyiv of escalating terror tactics, citing earlier attacks including the car-bomb killing of journalist Darya Dugina and multiple thwarted assassination attempts.

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