Overview
- The explosion occurred Monday morning beside a parked private car in southern Moscow as Sarvarov approached the vehicle.
- Sarvarov was deputy head of the General Staff’s training department and was 56 years old.
- The Investigative Committee said investigators are examining multiple versions of the killing, including an operation organized by Ukrainian intelligence.
- The Kremlin press office said President Vladimir Putin was informed of Sarvarov’s death.
- Russian and international reporting notes a pattern of attacks on senior military and Kremlin-linked figures since 2022, which officials have often attributed to Ukrainian special services.