High rating Putin basic killed in Moscow ‘automobile bomb blast’
A high-ranking Russian military officer has died in a suspected car bomb explosion in Moscow on Monday morning as he travelled to work in Yasenevo district
A top-ranking Russian military official has been killed in a suspected car bomb blast. The incident occurred on Monday, 22nd December in Moscow as the 56 year old officer was en route to work. The military man was in his Kia Sorento when a massive explosion rocked the Yasenevo district, reports the Mirror..
The victim has been identified as Lt-Gen Fanil Sarvarov, head of the Department of Operational Training of Vladimir Putin’s armed forces. Witnesses reported that a significant operation was required to extricate the man from his vehicle, stating he was alive but critically wounded. Subsequent news report now suggest he has since died.
Immediate suspicions pointed towards a Ukrainian assassination attempt against the high-ranking officer. Reports suggest that his wife hurried to the scene shortly after 7am, but she was “not allowed to see her trapped and wounded husband”.
Previously referred to as Fanil S, 56, a senior military officer, it’s reported that the victim sustained “multiple shrapnel injuries, closed fractures, leg injuries, and a fractured facial bone.
Lt. Gen. Fanil Sarvarov, head of the Operational Training Directorate of the Russian Armed Forces General Staff, died from his injuries, Svetlana Petrenko, official spokesperson for Russia’s Investigative Committee said.
“Investigators are pursuing numerous lines of enquiry regarding the murder. One of these is that the crime was orchestrated by Ukrainian intelligence services,” Petrenko said.
In addition to the officer, seven other vehicles were also affected by the explosion and suffered damage. A local resident said: “At first, we thought a drone had been shot down. There was an explosion, but there was no fire.”
The Russian Investigative Committee has promptly launched a criminal investigation into the explosion, although they have not officially named the officer.
A spokesperson revealed: “Investigators and forensic experts from the Moscow Investigative Committee, together with emergency services, are examining the scene. A number of examinations, including medical and explosive examinations, will be scheduled soon.”
The strike follows a series of suspected Ukrainian-orchestrated killings targeting high-ranking Russian military officials.
Last year, Lt-Gen Igor Kirillov, 54, who headed Russia’s radiation, chemical and biological defence forces, perished in a blast as he departed his flat for work.
Major-General Yaroslav Moskalik, 58, also met his end when a Volkswagen Golf erupted in flames as he strolled past it near his Moscow home in April this year.
