Moscow announces the arrest of a Ukrainian agent after the death of a general killed in the explosion of a car – Liberation
A first arrest in the aftermath of the murder of a Russian general. « The Ukrainian special services agent Ignat Kuzin, born in 1983 and living in Ukraine, who had placed explosives in a Volkswagen Golf in Balashikha, in the Moscow region, killing Lieutenant-General Iaroslav Moskalyk, was arrested », said the FSB on Saturday April 26 in a press release.
The day before, the Russian inquiry committee had announced the death of the high ranking, « Deputy head of the Operational General Directorate of The staff»» Russian armed forces in the explosion of his car. According to this source, the explosion took place near a residential building in the city of Balachikha, located a few kilometers east of Moscow.
« According to the information available, the explosion occurred following the detonation of an improvised explosive device filled with machine gun »had specified the investigation committee. On non -authenticated images published on social networks, we see a car ravaged by a fire and parked near residential buildings.
Video surveillance images disseminated by the Russian media Izvestia Show the powerful explosion of a car, projecting fragments in the air, and which occurs while a person approaches the vehicle.
Since 2022, Kyiv has been accused several times of having carried out targeted attacks against Russian personalities and military officials in Russia and in the areas occupied by Moscow in Ukraine.
In August 2022, the explosion of a car had killed Daria Douguina, The daughter of the ultra-nationalist ideologist and pro-Kremlin Alexandre Douguine.
More recently, in December 2024, the commander of the Russian forces of radiological, chemical and biological defense, Igor Kirillovwas killed by the explosion of an electric scooter trapped in Moscow, an assassination which had claimed by the Ukrainian security services.
Update Saturday April 26 After the announcement of an arrest of a Ukrainian agent.
