This image taken from video provided by Investigative Committee of Moscow on Monday, December 22, 2025, shows the scene where Lt. Gen. Fanil Sarvarov, head of the Operational Training Directorate of the Russian Armed Forces General Staff, was killed by an explosive device placed under his car in Moscow. AP
A senior Russian general was killed in southern Moscow on Monday, December 22 after an explosive device placed under his car went off, investigators said in a statement.
Russia's Investigative Committee, which examines major crimes, said it had opened a probe into the "murder" of Lieutenant General Fanil Sarvarov, head of the training department within the General Staff.
The possibility that the attack was "linked" to "Ukrainian special forces" was among the lines of inquiry, it said.
Since Moscow sent troops into Ukraine in February 2022, Kyiv has been blamed for several attacks targeting Russian military officials and pro-Kremlin personalities in Russia and in Russian-controlled Ukrainian regions. General Yaroslav Moskalik, a deputy of the General Staff, was killed in a car blast near Moscow in April.
