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A Russian general was killed in a car bombing on Friday, according to Russia’s top criminal investigation agency, marking the second assassination of a senior Russian officer in four months, news agency AP reported.
The Investigative Committee confirmed that Lt Gen Yaroslav Moskalik, deputy head of the main operational department in the General Staff of the Russian armed forces, was killed by an explosive device planted in his car in Balashikha, a suburb just outside Moscow.
Spokesperson Svetlana Petrenko stated the bomb was packed with shrapnel, and investigators are currently at the scene. Russian media aired videos of the burning vehicle in a residential courtyard.
No suspects were named by Russian authorities.
🇺🇦🇷🇺 – Russian Major General Yaroslav Moskalik killed in a car blast in Moscow region, coinciding with Witkoff’s visit to the Russian capital
He was Deputy Chief of Main Operations Directorate of General Staff of Russian Armed Forces.
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This attack follows the December 17 assassination of Lt Gen Igor Kirillov, who died after an explosive device hidden in an electric scooter detonated outside his home. Kirillov led Russia’s Radiation, Biological and Chemical Protection Forces. Ukraine later claimed responsibility for that bombing, which also killed Kirillov’s assistant.
The blast comes amid US envoy Steve Witkoff expected visit in Moscow on Friday to meet President Vladimir Putin regarding a US-brokered peace initiative for Ukraine. This would be their fourth meeting since February.
(With inputs from AP)
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