Overview
- Lt. Gen. Fanil Sarvarov, head of the General Staff’s operational training directorate, died after an explosive device detonated beneath his vehicle in southern Moscow.
- The bomb exploded under his Kia Sorento at about 06:55 local time in the Yasenevo district as he pulled out of a parking space, with video showing a severely damaged car.
- Russia’s Investigative Committee opened a murder case and said a possible Ukrainian intelligence role is one line of inquiry, though no attribution has been verified.
- Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said President Vladimir Putin was informed immediately, and there was no immediate comment from Ukrainian officials.
- Sarvarov, 56, previously served in Chechnya and Syria; his death follows the 2024 scooter bomb killing of Lt. Gen. Igor Kirillov and the April 2025 car bomb that killed Lt. Gen. Yaroslav Moskalik.