A 62-year-old man, who may have been a senior Russian military official, was reportedly killed when his BMW X3 was blown up in the Moscow suburb of Balashikha on Tuesday morning. Russian authorities confirmed the about 5:30 a.m. explosion, which happened near a high-rise building, and opened a criminal case, but have not disclosed the victim’s identity. Multiple Telegram channels suggest he was either a senior officer in Russia’s Aerospace Forces or the Defense Ministry’s head of missile and artillery command. JOIN US ON TELEGRAMFollow our coverage of the war on the @Kyivpost_official. “Today’s victim of the Balashika terrorist attack may have been the chief of the Main Staff and first deputy commander-in-chief of the Aerospace Forces, Colonel General Alexander Maksimtsev,” one Telegram post reports. In a post on X, Yaroslav Trofimov, chief foreign-affairs correspondent at The Wall Street Journal, says: “In 2015, he was the commander of the Russian air component in Syria, and in his roles was responsible for many Ukrainian — and Syrian — civilian deaths.” Colonel General Alexander Maksimtsev posted on Russian social media June 9, 2026. (Photo: russicaRU / Telegram) Another unofficial Telegram source says:
Reports Point to Senior Aerospace Forces General in Balashika Car Bombing
A senior Russian military officer may have been blown up in his car in the Moscow suburb of Balashikha on Tuesday morning.
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