Overview
- An explosive device placed under Sarvarov’s Kia Sorento detonated as he left a parking space around 06:55 in the Yasenevo area of southern Moscow.
- Russia’s Investigative Committee opened a murder case and is also investigating the illegal trafficking of explosives.
- Officials said Ukrainian special services are one line of inquiry; Kyiv had not commented and no suspects were publicly identified.
- Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said President Vladimir Putin was immediately informed of the general’s death.
- Investigators released images of a heavily damaged car with blood visible on the driver’s seat, and the killing marks the third Russian general slain in such attacks since late 2024 after Igor Kirillov and Yaroslav Moskalik.