Car blast kills Russian general hours after US talksAFP, MOSCOWA car bomb killed a senior Russian general in southern Moscow yesterday morning, the latest high-profile army figure to be blown up in a blast that came just hours after Russian and Ukrainian delegates held separate talks in Miami on a plan to end the war. People inspect a damaged Kia Sorento at the scene where Russian Lieutenant General Fanil Sarvarov was killed by a car bomb in Moscow yesterday. Photo: ReutersRussian Lieutenant General Fanil Sarvarov, 56, head of the Operational Training Directorate of the Russian Armed Forces’ General Staff, was killed when the bomb, which had been placed under his parked car, detonated in a residential quarter of southern Moscow. He also commanded Russian forces in Syria in 2015 and 2016. Russian envoy Kirill Dmitriev also met with the US team, which included Jared Kushner, US President Donald Trump’s son-in-law.

Source: Taipei Times December 22, 2025 16:35 UTC