Kremlin blames Ukraine for car bomb killing of general near Moscow


Law enforcement officers work at the site of a car bomb, which killed senior Russian military officer, in Balashikha, outside Moscow, Russia April 25, 2025. REUTERS/Yulia Morozova

MOSCOW (Reuters) - The Kremlin blamed Ukraine for a car bomb that killed a senior Russian military officer near Moscow on Friday, hours before U.S. President Donald Trump's envoy Steve Witkoff was due to meet President Vladimir Putin in Moscow.

There was no official comment from Kyiv on the death of 59-year-old Yaroslav Moskalik, the latest in a series of Russian military officers and pro-war figures to be assassinated since the start of Russia's war in Ukraine.

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