Russian Lt. Gen. Fanil Sarvarov was killed in a Moscow car bombing as investigators suspect Ukrainian intelligence orchestrated the attack on the military training chief.
A Russian general was killed in a car bombing in Moscow on Monday, with investigators saying they suspect Ukrainian intelligence may have been behind the attack.
The bombing targeted Lt. Gen. Fanil Sarvarov, head of the Operational Training Directorate of the Russian Armed Forces‘ General Staff, and he died from his injuries. He was the third senior Russian military officer to be killed in a bombing this year.
„Investigators are pursuing numerous lines of inquiry regarding the murder. One of these is that the crime was orchestrated by Ukrainian intelligence services“, said Svetlana Petrenko, the spokesperson for Russia’s Investigative Committee.
