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Russian General’s Assassination Tied to Alleged Ukrainian Agent, Russia Claims

Ignat Kuzin, accused of planting a car bomb that killed Lt. Gen. Yaroslav Moskalik, has confessed to acting under the direction of Ukraine’s Security Service, according to Russian authorities.

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 official, was killed by a car bomb in Balashikha, near Moscow, on April 25, 2025.
  • Russian authorities have detained Ignat Kuzin, accusing him of being a Ukrainian agent who planted the explosive device and remotely detonated it from Ukrainian territory.
  • Kuzin has reportedly confessed to the crime, claiming he was recruited by Ukraine’s Security Service in April 2023 and paid to carry out the assassination.
  • The FSB alleges Kuzin conducted months of surveillance on Moskalik, renting an apartment in the same building and preparing the explosive device in advance.
  • Ukraine has not commented on the incident, maintaining its usual strategic silence on extraterritorial operations, as tensions between the two nations escalate further.