Overview
- An explosive device placed under Sarvarov’s car detonated in a Yasenevo district parking area around 7 a.m. on December 22, according to the Investigative Committee.
- Authorities opened a criminal probe into murder and illegal trafficking of explosives, with forensic examinations under way.
- Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said President Vladimir Putin was informed immediately, and no suspects have been publicly identified.
- Ukraine has not commented, though its security services have previously claimed responsibility for some similar attacks inside Russia.
- Sarvarov, 56, headed the General Staff’s Operational Training Directorate and had served in Chechnya and Syria, and his death follows earlier killings of generals Igor Kirillov in 2024 and Yaroslav Moskalik in April 2025.