A general in the Russian army was killed in an explosion in Moscow…and accusations are leveled at Kiev

A general of the General Staff of the Russian Army was killed in A car explosion in southern Moscow on Monday morning, the Investigative Committee announced, indicating that it was investigating the possibility of Ukraine’s involvement in the incident.

The Russian Investigative Committee announced in a statement that the head of the Operational Training Department of the General Staff, General Vanil Sarvarov, "He died from his injuries" trace An explosive device that was placed under a car exploded on Iasiniva Street in the south of the capital.

It was reported that an investigation had been opened into "murder" And in "Transportation of explosives"noting that one of the hypotheses being considered implicates "Ukrainian intelligence" By accident.

Since the start of the Russian attack on Ukraine in February 2022, Kiev has been repeatedly accused of carrying out attacks against Russian figures and military officials, both inside Russia and in Moscow-occupied areas of Ukraine.

In August 2022, a car explosion led to the death of Daria Dugina, the daughter of the extreme nationalist thinker and pro-Kremlin Alexander Dugin.

In April 2023, he was killed Russian military blogger Maxim Fomin was killed by a statuette explosion in a cafe in St. Petersburg.

Deputy Chief of the General Operations Department of the General Staff of the Russian Armed Forces, General Yaroslav Moskalyk, was killed in a car explosion near Moscow last April.

In December 2024, the commander of the Russian Radiological, Chemical and Biological Defense Forces, Igor Kirillov, was killed in the explosion of an electric bicycle parked near a building in which he was staying in Moscow, in an operation An assassination for which the Ukrainian Security Service claimed responsibility.