Andrei Pinciuk, a high-ranking FSB colonel, was the target of an assassination attempt at his home in the Moscow region. Pinciuk is a veteran intelligence officer who previously served in Transnistria and held a significant role in the Donbas region. He is noted as the first so-called security minister of the self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic. The incident was reported by the exiled Russian publication Meduza. According to the report, the attack took place on Saturday. Telegram channels linked to security structures have highlighted the event. The motives and the perpetrators behind the attack remain unclear.