The killing of a general in Moscow follows a series of assassinations Russia blames on Ukraine
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This undated image provided by Russian Defense Ministry Press Service on Monday, Dec. 22, 2025, shows Lt. Gen. Fanil Sarvarov, head of the Operational Training Directorate of the Russian Armed Forces General Staff, who was killed Monday morning after an explosive device detonated under his car in southern Moscow. (Russian Defense Ministry Press Service via AP)FILE - Maj. Gen. Igor Kirillov, the chief of the Russian military's radiation, chemical and biological protection unit, attends a briefing in Kubinka Patriot park, outside Moscow, Russia, on June 22, 2018. (AP Photo, File)FILE - Russian writer Zakhar Prilepin attends a news conference in Moscow, Russia, on Feb. 21, 2017. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko, File)FILE - Cemetery workers carry a portrait of slain Russian military blogger Vladlen Tatarsky during a funeral at the Troyekurovskoye Cemetery in Moscow, Russia, on April 8, 2023. (Anton Velikzhanin, M24/Moscow News Agency via AP, File)FILE - A portrait of Darya Dugina is seen as relatives hold her final farewell ceremony in Moscow, Russia, on Aug. 23, 2022. (AP Photo/Dmitry Serebryakov, File)
Russian Defense Ministry Press Service
This undated image provided by Russian Defense Ministry Press Service on Monday, Dec. 22, 2025, shows Lt. Gen. Fanil Sarvarov, head of the Operational Training Directorate of the Russian Armed Forces General Staff, who was killed Monday morning after an explosive device detonated under his car in southern Moscow. (Russian Defense Ministry Press Service via AP)