RUSSIA-MOSCOW-CAR EXPLOSION-SITE

Xinhua
22 Dec 2025, 18:45 GMT+10

(251222) -- MOSCOW, Dec. 22, 2025 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on Dec. 22, 2025 shows the car explosion site on Yasenevaya Street in southern Moscow, Russia. Russian Lieutenant General Fanil Sarvarov was killed in a car explosion in Moscow on Monday, the Russian Investigative Committee said.

According to the committee, an explosive device was planted under a car and detonated on Yasenevaya Street in southern Moscow on Monday morning. Sarvarov, head of the Operational Training Directorate of the Russian Armed Forces' General Staff, died from injuries.

An investigation has been launched into the murder, with authorities examining multiple possible motives, including alleged involvement by Ukrainian special services, it said. (Xinhua/Hao Jianwei)

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