In this handout photo released by the Russian Investigative Committee on Dec 22, 2025, an investigator works at the car bomb site in southern Moscow. Lieutenant General Fanil Sarvarov, head of the training department within the General Staff, was killed in Moscow on Dec 22, 2025 after an explosive device placed under his car went off, investigators said in a statement. [Photo/Agencies]
MOSCOW - 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.
