Shafaq News/ A senior Russian military officer,Lieutenant General Yaroslav Moskalik, was killed on Friday when a car explodedin the town of Balashikha, east of Moscow, in what authorities have describedas a targeted attack using a powerful improvised explosive device.
Russia’s Investigative Committee confirmed thedeath, saying Moskalik, deputy head of the Main Operations Directorate of theGeneral Staff of the Russian Armed Forces, was walking near his residence onNesterova Boulevard when a bomb planted in a Volkswagen Golf detonated.
“The explosive device had a force equivalent tomore than 300 grams of TNT,” said committee spokesperson Svetlana Petrenko. Thedevice, reportedly packed with lethal shrapnel, was planted inside a parkedvehicle and detonated remotely as Moskalik passed by, according to lawenforcement sources cited by Russian news outlet Baza.
Although no group has claimed responsibility,the assassination bears similarities to previous attacks on Russian figureslinked to the Ukraine conflict. Moskalik’s death follows that of Igor Kirillov,head of Russia’s Chemical, Biological, and Nuclear Defense Troops, who waskilled last year in a similar bombing incident. Ukrainian intelligence serviceswere widely suspected in that case.
Since the start of the war in Ukraine, severalRussian military officials, pro-war commentators, and public figures have beenkilled or wounded in explosions attributed to Ukrainian special operations.
The latest attack comes amid heightened securityin the capital and increased pressure on Russia's military leadership. It alsocoincides with a tense diplomatic moment, as President Vladimir Putin wasexpected to meet with a US envoy later the same day to discuss the ongoing war.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy hasrenewed calls for an immediate and unconditional ceasefire, urging theinternational community to "restrain Putin" and bring the conflict toan end.
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