Overview
- Lt. Gen. Fanil Sarvarov, 56, head of the General Staff’s operational training directorate, died from injuries after a device detonated beneath his Kia Sorento in the Yasenevo district of southern Moscow.
- Russia’s Investigative Committee released footage and photos from the scene and said the probe includes suspected murder and explosives trafficking.
- Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said President Vladimir Putin was immediately informed of the general’s death.
- Ukrainian authorities issued no immediate comment as investigators said a potential Ukraine link is only one line of inquiry and attribution remains unconfirmed.
- The attack is the third bombing to kill a senior Russian officer in roughly a year, following the deaths of Lt. Gen. Igor Kirillov in December 2024 and Lt. Gen. Yaroslav Moskalik in April 2025.