Senior Russian General Killed in Moscow Car-Bomb; Kremlin Blames Kyiv
Russian investigators say Lt-Gen Yaroslav Moskalik, a General Staff officer who helped negotiate the 2015 Minsk cease-fire, was killed early Friday when a Volkswagen Golf rigged with a shrapnel-packed device exploded outside his home in Balashikha, east of Moscow. Grainy CCTV posted to Telegram shows the vehicle erupting in flames moments after the 56-year-old officer walked by; forensic teams later confirmed an improvised explosive device was planted in the car.
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov immediately accused Ukraine of organizing what he called “another terrorist act on Russian soil,” though Kyiv offered no comment. Ukrainian intelligence officials have tacitly acknowledged past strikes on senior Russian figures, but they rarely claim responsibility. With no credible domestic group capable of such operations, Moscow says the blast underscores “Kyiv’s continuing sabotage campaign.”
The assassination came hours before U.S. envoy Steve Witkoff’s three-hour meeting with President Vladimir Putin, part of Washington’s push for a cease-fire that could see Ukraine concede occupied territory. As diplomats talked, Russia launched more than 100 drones at Ukrainian cities, killing at least three civilians, while Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko conceded that “temporary” territorial losses might be the price of peace. The car-bomb adds fresh volatility to already fragile negotiations.
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