A top Russian general has been killed in a car bombing just outside Moscow, according to the Kremlin.
Russia’s top criminal investigation agency said Lt. Gen. Yaroslav Moskalik was killed during the Friday morning attack.
Moskalik was a deputy head of the main operational department in the General Staff of the Russian armed forces.
The Investigative Committee said Moskalik was killed by an explosive device placed in his car in Balashikha.
The explosive device was rigged with shrapnel.
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‼️🇷🇺⚡Russian General, Yaroslav Moskalyk has sadly passed away after a car bomb went off near his home in Moscow.
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The incident was confirmed by Investigative Committee spokesperson Svetlana Petrenko.
The perpetrator of the blast is unclear.
The attack comes as White House envoy Steve Witkoff arrived in Moscow on Friday.
Witkoff is meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin.
Reuters reported on the meeting, citing the Interfax news agency.
It comes as President Donald Trump’s administration is trying to broker a deal to end the war in Ukraine.
The bombing also happened following the killing of Lt. Gen. Igor Kirillov.
Kirillov died on December 17 in Moscow.
He was killed by a bomb hidden on an electric scooter parked outside his apartment building.
It exploded as he left for his office.
Russian authorities blamed Ukraine for the killing of Kirillov.
Ukraine’s security agency acknowledged that it was behind that attack.
That bombing came one day after Ukraine’s Security Services charged Kirillov with crimes.
According to the Russian state news agency Tass, the explosive in that incident had the power of roughly 300 grams of TNT.
Kirillov was charged by Ukraine with using banned chemical weapons on the battlefield.
Several countries had also placed him under sanctions for his role in the war against Ukraine, the AP reported.
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