Russian military dies in car explosion in St. Petersburg

Uthe Russian military died today in a car explosion in St. Petersburg, northwestern Russia, the local investigation committee announced the opening of a murder investigation.

Several Russian military personnel have been targeted for assassinations on Russian soil since the start of the large-scale Moscow offensive in Ukraine in February 2022.

The military, whose patent was not specified, died in the “explosion of a car in Pushkinsky district”, in St. Petersburg, revealed the investigation committee, in a statement, that an inquiry was opened.

According to the same note, investigators and police were inspecting the site early in the morning, trying to “find out all the circumstances” of the explosion.

Since the beginning of the war in Ukraine, Ukrainian secret services have claimed the authorship, or have been accused, of several murders and assassination attempts against Russian military officers and public figures supporting the conflict.

Several Russian generals and local authorities appointed by Moscow in the occupied Ukrainian territories have been killed or injured in bomb attacks in recent years.