LOADING ERROR LOADINGMOSCOW (AP) — A car bomb killed a Russian general on Monday, the third such killing of a senior military officer in a year. A screen grab from a video shows a destroyed car following an explosion in southern Moscow, Russia, on Dec. 22, 2025. Lieutenant General Fanil Sarvarov, Head of the Operational Training Directorate of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, lost his life in the explosion. A screen grab from a video shows investigators and forensic experts from the Moscow Investigative Committee work at the scene of a car explosion in southern Moscow, Russia, on Dec. 22, 2025. Moscow’s troops eventually drove them out, but the incursion distracted the Russian military resources from other areas and raised Ukrainian morale.

Source: Huffington Post December 22, 2025 11:01 UTC