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Russian General Assassinated by Car Bomb; Suspect Pleads Guilty

Ignat Kuzin, accused of killing Lt. Gen. Yaroslav Moskalik near Moscow, admitted to being recruited and paid by Ukrainian intelligence, Russian authorities claim.

Investigators work at the scene where Lt. Gen. Yaroslav Moskalik, a deputy head of the main operational department in the General Staff of the Russian armed forces, was killed by an explosive device placed in his car in Balashikha, just outside Moscow, Russia, on Friday, April 25, 2025. (AP Photo)
Emergency personnel work at the site of a car bomb attack that killed Lieutenant General Yaroslav Moskalik, a deputy head of the main operational department in the General Staff of the Russian armed forces, in Balashikha, outside Moscow, Russia on April 25, 2025. This image was provided to AP directly by a third party and could not be independently verified.
A bomb placed in a car killed Lieutenant General Yaroslav Moskalik outside his apartment
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Overview

  • Lt. Gen. Yaroslav Moskalik, a senior Russian military officer, was killed in a car bombing on April 25 in Balashikha, near Moscow.
  • Russian authorities detained Ignat Kuzin, who has confessed to planting the bomb and claimed he was paid by Ukraine's Security Service.
  • The FSB alleges that Kuzin was recruited by Ukrainian intelligence in April 2023 and moved to Moscow later that year to carry out the operation.
  • The explosive device was planted in a Volkswagen Golf and detonated remotely from Ukrainian territory, according to Russian investigators.
  • This assassination is the second high-profile killing of a Russian general in recent months, further straining ceasefire negotiations led by U.S. envoy Steve Witkoff.