Investigators open probe into murder, smuggling explosives; Kyiv has not issued comment on the attack.

A senior Russian general has been killed in a car explosion in Balashikha, a town near Moscow, according to the Investigative Committee of Russia. The explosion occurred on April 25 in the yard of a residential building, and Russian state media reported that one individual died in the incident.

The general’s death is the latest in a series of fatalities involving Ukraine’s opponents inside Russia. The authorities in Kyiv had no immediate comment.

Russian President Vladimir Putin’s foreign affairs adviser Yuri Ushakov told reporters on Friday that the meeting between Putin and U.S. President Donald Trump’s envoy Steve Witkoff on Ukraine lasted three hours and was "constructive" and "useful"

The Deputy Chief of the Main Operations Directorate of the General Staff of the Russian Armed Forces, Yaroslav Moskalik, died in a car explosion in Balashikha near Moscow on Friday, TASS reported.

A senior Russian military officer was killed when a car exploded in the town of Balashikha just east of Moscow, Russia's Investigative Committee has said.

U.S. President Donald Trump on Friday said Ukraine has not yet signed a deal on rare earth minerals and he hopes it will be signed immediately.

MOSCOW: Russia on Friday (Apr 25) accused Ukraine of being behind a car bombing that killed a senior general, the latest in a spate of assassinations of figures linked to Moscow's military offensive. An explosive device ripped through a parked car outside Moscow on Friday killing senior Russian genera

A car bomb killed a senior Russian military officer in the town of Balashikha just east of Moscow on Friday in an attack that Russian war bloggers blamed on Ukraine. The killing happened on the same day as U.S. President Donald Trump's envoy Steve Witkoff met President Vladimir Putin in Moscow. Analysis by Douglas Herbert, France 24 international affairs commentator.

President Donald Trump's envoy met the Russian leader in Moscow for three hours to discuss a potential settlement for the war in Ukraine.

Russian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharova declared without offering evidence that “there are reasons to believe that Ukrainian special services were involved in the killing"

The bombing occurred soon after U.S. President Trump’s special envoy Steve Witkoff arrived in Moscow for high-level diplomatic talks.

The killing comes at a politically sensitive moment, as U.S. President Donald Trump’s special envoy, Steve Witkoff, is in Moscow for discussions with President Vladimir Putin regarding potential peace talks over the war in Ukraine

Russian Lt. Gen. Yaroslav Moskalik was killed in a car bombing near Moscow, marking the second assassination of a top military officer in four months. Investigation is underway.

Kyiv has not commented on the attack earlier today near Moscow.

US President Donald Trump said Friday that Russia and Ukraine were "very close" to a ceasefire deal, and urged the two sides to meet and finalize it.

Russia and Ukraine are close to a deal, according to US President Donald Trump. The talks between the two countries were held in Moscow, without Ukraine's presence.

U.S. President Donald Trump said in an interview published Friday that “Crimea will stay with Russia," the latest example of how he's pressuring Ukraine to make concessions to end the war while the country remains under siege. He also demanded on social media that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy “IMMEDIATELY” sign…

Ukraine feels it is being pressured to accept terms that would cede Crimea.

President Donald Trump should look towards former President Ronald Reagan for an example of how to deal with Russia.

Donald Trump's envoy had 'constructive' talks with Vladimir Putin at the Kremlin, just hours after a senior Russian general was killed in a car bomb in Moscow.