Ukrainian authorities say they prevented Russia-directed school attacks involving minors recruited via Telegram/TikTok, including an IED-plus-follow-on-violence plot in Kirovohrad and an earlier-stage weapons shipment plan in Odesa, alongside a broader pattern of teen recruitment for terror-style operations.

A rare mass shooting in Kyiv escalated into a supermarket hostage siege, leaving at least six dead before police killed the Moscow-born suspect after failed negotiations, with investigators now probing motive, citizenship, and the circumstances of a legally registered automatic weapon.