Overview
- Lieutenant General Fanil Sarvarov, 56, head of the General Staff’s operational training department, died after an explosive device detonated under his car.
- The bomb was placed beneath a Kia Sorento and detonated around 06:55 local time as he left a parking area in southern Moscow, near his residence.
- Russia’s Investigative Committee opened a case for murder and illegal trafficking of explosives and sent forensic and explosives experts to the scene.
- Officials are reviewing security camera footage, interviewing witnesses, and released video showing the wrecked vehicle with blood visible on the driver’s seat.
- Ukraine has issued no official comment, and the attack fits a pattern that includes the killings of generals Igor Kirillov in December 2024 and Yaroslav Moskalik in April 2025.