LONDON — A automotive bomb killed a Russian common in Moscow early on Monday morning, the Investigative Committee of Russia stated in a press release.
Lt. Gen. Fanil Sarvarov was the pinnacle of the operational Coaching Division of the Common Employees of the Russian armed forces, the committee stated. He was killed when “an explosive machine put in below the underside of a automotive was detonated on Yaseneva Avenue in Moscow.”
An investigator works on the scene the place Lt. Gen. Fanil Sarvarov was killed in a automotive bomb in Moscow, Russia, on Dec. 22, 2025.
Russia’s Investigative Committee/by way of Reuters
A felony case has been opened into the incident, the assertion stated. Among the many theories being pursued is “associated to the group of the crime by the Ukrainian particular providers,” the committee stated.
The committee printed a video from the scene of the explosion, which confirmed a visibly broken white automotive in what gave the impression to be a residential space.
Sarvarov is the third high-ranking army determine killed since late final yr.
In December 2024, Lt. Gen. Igor Kirillov — the pinnacle of Russia’s Radiological, Chemical and Organic Safety Forces — was killed in an explosion alongside along with his assistant as they have been leaving a residential constructing in Moscow.
The explosive machine that killed Kirillov was planted on an electrical scooter that was left near the constructing, investigators stated.
And in April, Lt. Gen. Yaroslav Moskalik was killed by a automotive bomb in an jap suburb of the capital.
ABC Information’ Tanya Stukalova and Dada Jovanovic contributed to this report.
