Moscow, Dec 22: A car bomb killed a top Russian general in Moscow on Monday morning, prompting a criminal investigation and raising suspicion of Ukrainian intelligence involvement, Russian officials said.
Lieutenant General Fanil Sarvarov, who headed the Operational Training Directorate of the Russian Armed Forces General Staff, died after an explosive device detonated beneath his car, according to the Investigative Committee.
Svetlana Petrenko, the committee’s official spokesperson, said Sarvarov suffered critical injuries in the explosion and later died.
“Investigators are pursuing multiple versions of the crime,” Petrenko said. “One of them is the involvement of Ukrainian intelligence services.”
Authorities have sealed off the area and launched forensic and technical examinations to determine the type of explosive used and how it was planted, officials said.
The incident adds to growing security concerns in the Russian capital amid the ongoing conflict with Ukraine.
