US EditionRussian General Killed in Moscow Car Bombing
Lieutenant General Fanil Sarvarov died from a car bomb explosion in southern Moscow, with investigators suspecting Ukrainian special services amid a pattern of similar targeted attacks.
- On Monday, December 22, 2025, Lieutenant General Fanil Sarvarov, head of the Russian Armed Forces' Operational Training Directorate, was killed by a car bomb in southern Moscow, investigators said.
- Amid a string of similar attacks, Russia's Investigative Committee opened a criminal case for murder and illegal trafficking of explosives, pursuing a Ukrainian special services link while Ukraine has not commented.
- Video from the scene shows a heavily damaged white Kia, while investigators and forensic teams cordoned off the parking lot, reviewed CCTV and interviewed witnesses as Sarvarov was taken to hospital and later died of his injuries.
- Russia's Investigative Committee said it opened a probe into the 'murder' and deployed forensic experts, while Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said President Vladimir Putin was informed and noted recent high-profile deaths may heighten Russia–Ukraine tensions.
- This killing follows other high-profile assassinations, including Gen. Igor Kirillov's scooter bomb in December 2024 and the April car bombing of Yaroslav Moskalik, with prosecutors charging a man over Moskalik's death.
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A Russian general killed by a car bomb in Moscow, a drone attack on a Russian port near Crimea, and one on an oil tanker in the Mediterranean. Ukraine appears to have been striking hard in recent days with high-profile attacks on Russian targets, although the car bombing has not yet been claimed. The attacks are far from the front lines in eastern Ukraine. Such attacks have been taking place for years and are not new, says defense expert Patrick…
In Moscow, Lieutenant General Fanil Sarvarov was killed in a car bombing. The Russian Investigative Committee has confirmed this. He was a high-ranking officer in the armed forces. Russia calls it a targeted assassination and is investigating whether Ukraine was behind the attack.
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Russian investigators are considering a link to Ukrainian military intelligence after a top Kremlin general was killed by a car bomb in Moscow on Monday morning. Lieutenant General Fanil Sarvarov, former commander of Russian forces in Syria and the head of operational training for the General Staff of the Russian Armed Forces, died in an…
Even before Christmas 2024, a high-ranking Russian soldier died from an explosive bomb attack. Now the events are repeated. The investigators have a certain suspicion.
The hazards are on the way, including forensic tests and explosives. The “witnesses are being questioned” and the images of surveillance cameras are being “analysed”.
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