A senior Russian military officer was killed in a car bomb explosion on Monday. Russian military Lt. Gen. Fanil Sarvarov was killed in an explosion in southern Moscow. Investigators suspect Ukraine's involvement in this military officer's death. Earlier, allegations had been raised against Volodymyr Zelenskyy's government of targeting Vladimir Putin's associates one after another to weaken Russia. This is not the first time, because more than 15 senior Russian generals have been killed since the war with Ukraine began in 2022. This marks the third senior military officer's death this year.
Who was Fanil Sarvarov?
Russia's Investigative Committee has informed that Lt. Gen. Fanil Sarvarov was the head of the operational training department of the Russian armed forces, BBC reported. The Committee has launched a probe into the Lieutenant General's tragic death. An explosive device was planted under Sarvarov's car, which caused the explosion.
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Sarvarov had taken part in combat operations during the Ossetian-Ingush conflict and the Chechen wars in the 1990s and early 2000s. He led operations in Syria between 2015 and 2016, according to Russian media.
Russian military leaders being killed
Notably, earlier in April, Deputy General of the General Staff Yaroslav Moskalik was killed in a car explosion near Moscow. In December 2024, Igor Kirillov, head of Russia's radiological, chemical, and biological defence forces, was killed in the explosion of a booby-trapped electric scooter in Moscow. Ukraine's SBU security service had claimed responsibility for that attack.
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However, Russia had blamed Kyiv for several attacks targeting Russian military officials and Kremlin supporters in Russia and Russian-controlled Ukrainian territories since Moscow sent troops to Ukraine in February 2022.
