- A bomb explosion near an upscale Italian restaurant in central Moscow on Saturday evening resulted in three fatalities and 21 injuries.
- Russian officials said that an unidentified woman, who was among the dead, attempted to enter the Balzi Rossi restaurant at Kudrinskaya Square before her explosive device detonated.
- The other two victims were a security guard who stopped the woman and a restaurant customer; Russian authorities have described the incident as a terrorist attack.
- Reports from the Kommersant newspaper, citing sources, suggested the bomb might have been intended for guests on the restaurant's outdoor terrace and could have been detonated remotely.
- The incident occurred amidst ongoing conflict, with Ukraine recently striking Russian oil refineries, an air base, and a Russian-flagged container ship in the Black Sea.
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