MOSCOW (AP) — A Russian basic was killed by a automobile bomb on Friday, Russia’s prime prison investigation company stated, within the second such assault on a prime Russian army officer in 4 months that Moscow has blamed on Ukraine.
The Investigative Committee stated that Lt. Gen. Yaroslav Moskalik, a deputy head of the primary operational division within the Common Workers of the Russian armed forces, was killed by an explosive gadget positioned in his automobile in Balashikha, simply outdoors Moscow, Russia’s capital.
The committee’s spokesperson, Svetlana Petrenko, stated that the explosive gadget was rigged with shrapnel. She stated that investigators had been on the scene.
Russian media ran movies of a car burning within the courtyard of an condominium constructing.
The committee didn’t instantly point out attainable suspects, however Russian International Ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharova declared with out providing proof that “there are causes to imagine that Ukrainian particular companies had been concerned within the killing.”
Ukrainian authorities didn’t touch upon the assault.
“If the investigation confirms the Ukrainian hint on this case, this may as soon as once more exhibit to the world group the barbaric and treacherous nature of the Kyiv regime, which is betting on an escalation of army confrontation with Russia and irresponsibly ignoring constructive proposals geared toward discovering a peaceable answer to the battle,” Zakharova stated.
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov echoed that sentiment, telling Russian state TV reporter Pavel Zarubin on Friday that Kyiv “continues its involvement in terrorist exercise on our soil.” He additionally didn’t supply any proof.
The assault follows the killing of Lt. Gen. Igor Kirillov on Dec. 17, 2024, when a bomb hidden on an electrical scooter parked outdoors his condominium constructing exploded as he left for his workplace. Russian authorities additionally blamed Ukraine and Ukraine’s safety company acknowledged it was behind the assault.
Kirillov was the chief of Russia’s Radiation, Organic and Chemical Safety Forces, the particular troops tasked with defending the army from the enemy’s use of nuclear, chemical or organic weapons and guaranteeing operations in a contaminated setting. Kirillov’s assistant additionally died within the assault.
Friday’s bombing got here as U.S. President Donald Trump’s envoy, Steve Witkoff, visited Moscow for talks with President Vladimir Putin on a U.S.-brokered peace plan for Ukraine. The assembly was their fourth encounter since February.
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