Senior Russian General Is No More After Car Bomb Outside Moscow

A senior Russian general—Yaroslav Moskalik, deputy head of the Main Operations Directorate of the General Staff of the Russian Armed Forces—was killed by a car bomb on Friday in the town of Balashikha, just east of Moscow, according to Russia's Investigative Committee.

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Major General Yaroslav Moskalik, Deputy Chief of the Main Operations Directorate of the Russian General Staff, has been eliminated today in a car explosion in the Moscow region.

Rescue teams report he died from an explosive device planted in the vehicle. pic.twitter.com/wzGVOcs09K
— Polymarket Intel (@PolymarketIntel) April 25, 2025

Major General Yaroslav Moskalik, the Deputy Head of the Main Operations Directorate of the General Staff of the Russian Armed Forces, was eliminated this morning in the town of Balashikha to the east of Moscow, after a car bomb exploded as he walked past leaving his home. Adding… pic.twitter.com/UrndDGZobZ
— OSINTdefender (@sentdefender) April 25, 2025

The tweet continues:

Adding him to the long list of high-ranking Russian military officials who have been assassinated since the beginning of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022.

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The Investigative Committee released a few details, but did not name a suspect:

"According to available data, the explosion occurred as a result of the detonation of a homemade explosive device filled with destructive elements," the Investigative Committee said in a statement.
The statement did not say who might be behind the incident. Several high-ranking Russian military figures have been assassinated since the start of the war in Ukraine in operations blamed by Moscow on Kyiv.

Being a Russian military officer is a dangerous job, as there have reportedly been at least 22 generals and one admiral killed since war broke out with Ukraine (although Russia only admits to 11 generals). One of those was Lieutenant General Igor Kirillov, who was chief of Russia's Nuclear, Biological and Chemical Protection Troops, and whom Ukraine's SBU intelligence service claimed they assassinated for his alleged use of chemical weapons.

Lieutenant-General Igor Kirillov, commander of the nuclear, biological and chemical forces of the Russian army, died in a blast as he was heading out of a residential block in Moscow, the Russian Investigative Committee said in a statement. pic.twitter.com/FPCQU0Aj23
— UK Redacted (@UkRedacted) December 28, 2024

There are some reports on social media that the latest bomber has been captured, but no official word on that has been released.

The apparent assassination occurs as President Trump is getting increasingly frustrated by Russian President Vladimir Putin's negotiation antics as Trump tries to get a deal to halt hostilities. Meanwhile, the U.S. President met with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Saturday at Pope Francis' funeral:

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The Russian Federation has a violent past, a violent present, and will have a violent future if they continue on with their endless belligerence. Yaroslav Moskalik is just the latest in a long line who have found that out.

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