A car explosion near the death of a Russian general. The incident was announced by the National Research Committee, which launched an investigation into “homicide”. The incident caused by “the firing of an improvised explosive mechanism”.
In a statement, the Commission says the victim was General Yaroslav Moskalik, “Deputy Director of the Department of Basic Operations of the Russian Army General Staff”. It is noted that the explosion took place in the Balasica suburb, which is a few kilometers east of the Russian capital.
The announcement does not mention who may be behind the attack.
Many high -ranking Russian soldiers have been murdered by her.
How did the explosion occurred
The Baza news website, which has sources in Russian law enforcement services, reported that a bomb located in a parked vehicle was fired from a distance when the officer – who was staying in the area – passed by the car.
The Izvestia newspaper has published visual material showing someone approaching a series of parked vehicles outside an apartment complex and at that time an explosion that ejects car parts in the air. According to the Kommersant newspaper, a second person was killed by the explosion.
BREAKING: Deputy chief of the Main Operations Directorate of the Russian General Staff, Yaroslav Moskalik, was killed when his Volkswagen exploded near Nesterov Boulevard in Balashikha, Moscow Region, according to Russian sources.
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Who was the general who lost his life
Moscalik, who had the rank of Lieutenant General, had participated in many high -level Russian delegations, according to press reports and information from the Ministry of Defense.
He participated in the October 2015 meeting of the so -called “Normandy Figure”, a group consisting of delegations from Germany, Russia, Ukraine and France, who overseered Minsk’s agreements aimed at Moscow -backed.
Moskalik also represented the Russian Army General Staff in the negotiations with Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and Kremlin Advisor Yuri Usakov, according to the Kremlin website.
The Russian newspaper RBC reported Moscalic among the Minsk Sub -Subgroup participants.
The Ukrainian Security Service (SBU) did not respond immediately to a request to comment on information about Moskalik’s death.
