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.

Moscow: The Deputy Chief of the Main Operations Directorate of the General Staff of the Russian Armed Forces, Yaroslav Moskalik, died in a car explosion

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.

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

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

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

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.

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"