Authorities say a Russian general has been killed in a car bomb attack in Moscow.
The Russian Investigative Committee said that Lt. General FAnil Sarvarov He was the victim of an attack with an explosive device planted under a car on Monday morning.
Sarvarov, 56, was head of the operational training department of the Russian armed forces, the committee added.
Authorities also stated that one of the Theories What is being investigated is the placement of the bomb Ukrainian secret services took part. This country has not yet commented on the matter.
After the explosion, the general was trapped in the vehicle but was rescued and later died of his injuries in hospital, the committee said, adding An investigation into murder and illegal arms trafficking was launched..
The attack occurred in a parking lot near an apartment block in the south of the Russian capital. Images from the area show a badly damaged white car with its doors torn off, surrounded by other vehicles.
President Vladimir Putin was immediately informed of Sarwarov’s death, said Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov.
Who was Fanil Sarvarov?
According to Russian media, Sarvarov participated during combat operations during the conflict Ossetian-Ingush and in Chechen wars in the 1990s and early 2000s in addition to direct operations in Syria between 2015 and 2016.
The soldier graduated from the Kazan Higher Tank Command School and later studied at the Malinovsky Military Academy of Tank Forces and the Military Academy of the General Staff of the Russian Armed Forces.
According to the newspaper Kommersant, After graduating from the academy, he continued to serve in the Main Operations Directorate of the General Staff and in the Operational Training Directorate of the Russian Armed Forces.
The general has been in charge of this directorate since 2016. In May 2024, he was awarded the rank of lieutenant general by decree of the President of Russia.
Assassination attempts against Russian soldiers
The It is not the first assassination attempt on a Russian military officer high-ranking since the beginning of the Russian war against Ukraine.
In December 2024, an explosion occurred near a residential building on Ryazansky Prospect in Moscow, killing Igor Kirillov, chief of the Russian Armed Forces’ Radiation, Chemical and Biological Defense Forces, and his assistant Ilya Polikarpov.
Authorities said the attack was caused by an improvised explosive device attached to an electric scooter that was left at the entrance to the building where Kirillov lived.
In July of the same year, another explosion was recorded under a Toyota Land Cruiser Prado in the courtyard of a building on Sinyavinskaya Street, also in Moscow.
The owner of the vehicle, a Russian Defense Ministry official, and his wife were injured. They survived, although the soldier suffered injuries to his feet; Authorities did not release his name.
The man accused of the attack Yevgeny SerebryakovThe 30-year-old man, who lived in the Volgograd region, fled to Turkey, was extradited to Russia and pleaded guilty to partial charges after his arrest. He stated that he wanted to “end the war” with the attack.
In 2025, Yaroslav Moskalik, deputy head of the Main Operations Directorate of the General Staff, was killed in Balashikha, Moscow Region.
A car was again used in the attack, this time a Volkswagen Golf exploded on Nesterov Street. As politics, Ukraine never admits it Nor is responsibility for selective attacks officially attributed.
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