- Major General Yaroslav Moskalik, deputy head of the Main Operations Directorate of the Russian Armed Forces, was killed in a car explosion near Moscow.
- Russian authorities have opened a criminal investigation, claiming the explosion resulted from a homemade device.
- Moskalik participated in high-level Russian delegations, including the Normandy Format meetings concerning the conflict in Ukraine.
- This incident follows a pattern of assassinations of high-ranking Russian military figures since the war began, with Moscow blaming Kyiv.
- While no immediate claim of responsibility has been made, this event adds to the escalating tensions between Russia and Ukraine.
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