Pro-Russian Paramilitary Leader Killed in Moscow Bombing

Armen Sarkisyan, a Ukrainian separatist and founder of the Arbat Battalion, died following an explosion at a luxury residential complex in Moscow.

• The explosion occurred in the lobby of the Scarlet Sails residential complex in northwestern Moscow, killing Sarkisyan and his bodyguard, and injuring at least three others.
• Sarkisyan, an ally of Russian President Vladimir Putin, was a key figure in the pro-Russian separatist movement in eastern Ukraine and led the Kremlin-linked Arbat Battalion.
• Russian state media described the attack as a targeted assassination, though no group has claimed responsibility for the bombing.
• Ukraine's security service, SBU, had previously accused Sarkisyan of war crimes, recruiting prisoners to fight against Ukraine, and organizing violence during the 2014 Maidan protests.
• The incident follows a series of high-profile assassinations and attacks within Russia, attributed to Ukrainian operatives or pro-Ukrainian actors, as tensions in the ongoing conflict escalate.

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