Russian general killed by car bomb in southern Moscow, investigators say
A Russian general was killed this morning after an explosive device detonated underneath his car in southern Moscow, investigators said.
Lt Gen Fanil Sarvarov, the 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 inquiry regarding the murder. One of these is that the crime was orchestrated by Ukrainian intelligence services,” Petrenko said.
An investigator at the scene where Lt Gen Fanil Sarvarov was killed by a car bomb in Moscow on Monday. Photograph: Russian Investigative Committee Handout/EPA
Russian news outlets reported that a car exploded in a parking lot on Moscow’s Yaseneva Street with the driver inside at approximately 7am.
Ukraine’s security service claimed responsibility for a similar attack against a high-ranking Russian soldier in December 2024.
Lt Gen Igor Kirillov, the chief of the military’s nuclear, biological and chemical protection forces, was killed by a bomb hidden on an electric scooter outside his apartment building a day after Kyiv levelled criminal charges against him. His assistant, Ilya Polikarpov, was also killed. I will bring you all the key updates on this story – and plenty of others – throughout the day.
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Tomahawks should go to Ukraine if Putin rejects proposal to end war, Lindsey Graham says
Speaking on NBC’s Meet the Press on Sunday, US senator Lindsey Graham said the American team negotiating with Russia and Ukraine to bring an end to the war are “overestimating” Vladimir Putin’s “willingness” to end the conflict.
Graham, a South Carolina Republican and close Trump ally, suggested that Washington should intensify pressure on Moscow – including supplying Ukraine with Tomahawk cruise missiles – if Vladimir Putin refuses to accept a negotiated proposal.
Ukraine has been seeking Tomahawk missiles to carry out long-range strikes against Russia, but without them has still been able to wage a successful campaign using its own drones and missiles against Russian military and strategic targets such as oil depots and refineries. Donald Trump told reporters last month that he was “not really” considering supplying Ukraine with long-range Tomahawk cruise missiles, but said he could change his mind in the future.
In his interview with NBC, Graham said “great progress” had been made by Kyiv, Washington and European leaders to come up with a proposal to end the war, adding that he wants European troops “on the ground” and US security guarantees to Ukraine to prevent a “third invasion”.
“We are not going to evict every Russian out of Ukraine, understand that,” the Senator said. “I think Putin is going to continue to take the Donbas by force until we increase pressure.”
Graham added:
We are going to be Lucy with the football if we don’t watch it. We keep engaging Russia, we keep trying to lure Putin to the peace table and he rebuffs all of our efforts.
If (Putin) says no this time, here’s what I hope president Trump will do: Sign my bill that has 85 co-sponsors and put tariffs on countries like China who buy cheap Russian oil.
Make Russia a state sponsor of terrorism for kidnapping 20,000 Ukrainian kids. And most importantly, seize ships that are carrying sanctioned Russian oil like you’re doing in Venezuela.
A Ukrainian drone attack damaged two vessels and two piers and caused a fire in a village on the Black Sea coast in Russia’s Krasnodar region, regional authorities said on Monday.
All crew on the ships at the Volna terminal on the Black Sea had been safely evacuated, the Krasnodar region’s operational headquarters said in a post on Telegram. The damage led to a fire spreading up to 1,500 sq metres, authorities said.
ShareRussian general killed by car bomb in southern Moscow, investigators say
A Russian general was killed this morning after an explosive device detonated underneath his car in southern Moscow, investigators said.
Lt Gen Fanil Sarvarov, the 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 inquiry regarding the murder. One of these is that the crime was orchestrated by Ukrainian intelligence services,” Petrenko said.
An investigator at the scene where Lt Gen Fanil Sarvarov was killed by a car bomb in Moscow on Monday. Photograph: Russian Investigative Committee Handout/EPA
Russian news outlets reported that a car exploded in a parking lot on Moscow’s Yaseneva Street with the driver inside at approximately 7am.
Ukraine’s security service claimed responsibility for a similar attack against a high-ranking Russian soldier in December 2024.
Lt Gen Igor Kirillov, the chief of the military’s nuclear, biological and chemical protection forces, was killed by a bomb hidden on an electric scooter outside his apartment building a day after Kyiv levelled criminal charges against him. His assistant, Ilya Polikarpov, was also killed. I will bring you all the key updates on this story – and plenty of others – throughout the day.