Overview
- Lieutenant General Fanil Sarvarov, 56, who led the General Staff’s operational training directorate, died after an explosive fixed beneath his Kia Sorento detonated in south Moscow.
- Russia’s Investigative Committee opened a murder case and an illegal explosives case, released video of the wreckage, and is conducting forensic and explosives tests, CCTV reviews, and witness interviews.
- Investigators say the bomb was attached under the vehicle and detonated remotely as the general exited a parking area near his home.
- Officials list Ukrainian intelligence as a line of inquiry, but attribution remains preliminary and Kyiv has not issued an official comment.
- The Investigative Committee reported a new vehicle explosion nearby overnight that killed two traffic police officers and a third person, intensifying security concerns following prior fatal attacks on senior Russian officers.