An investigator works at the car blast site in southern Moscow on December 22, 2025. Lieutenant General Fanil Sarvarov, head of the training department within the General Staff, was killed in Moscow on December 22, 2025 after an explosive device placed under his car went off, investigators said in a statement. (Photo by Alexander NEMENOV / AFP)Two police officers were killed in an overnight explosion in Moscow when they tried to stop a suspicious person, Russia’s Investigative Committee said in a statement Wednesday. The blast occurred close to the site where a Russian general was killed earlier this week. “An explosive device was triggered” as the officers approached the suspect, who was near their service vehicle, said the statement by the committee, which probes major crimes.

Source: Punch December 24, 2025 11:31 UTC