Moscow car bomb kills Russian general

RussiaÕs Investigative Committee is looking into whether UkraineÕs
intelligence services were behind a car bombing in southern Moscow
that killed Lieutenant General Fanil Sarvarov

Dec 22: Fanil Sarvarov, 56,
head of Russian General StaffÕs
army operational training directorate,
dies after explosive device placed
under his car detonates

He previously took part in combat
operations during Ossetian-Ingush
conflict and Chechen wars in 1990s
and early 2000s. Also led operations
in Syria from 2015-16

Attack appears to be the latest
targeted assassination of senior
military official in Moscow

Apr 2025: Lieutenant General
Yaroslav Moskalik (far left), deputy
head of General StaffÕs main
operational department, killed in
car bomb blast

Dec 2024: Lieutenant General
Igor Kirillov (left), head of nuclear
protection forces, killed when device
planted in scooter explodes

MOSCOW
Kremlin
Orekhovo-Borisovo
Yuzhnoye district
Site of explosion on
Yasenevaya Street
5km
3 miles

Sources: BBC, Moscow Times, NYT
Pictures: X, YouTube, Getty Images
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