BREAKING: RUSSIA – A car explosion in Moscow region of Balashikha has killed the Deputy Chief of the Main Operations Directorate of the General Staff, Lieutenant General Yaroslav Moskalik.
This has been reported by the Russia’s Investigative committee, stating that it has opened a criminal case.
The explosion was on a Volkswagen Golf car on a Nesterov street in Balashikha city.
Fragments from the improvised device detonated have been sent for examination.
Russia’s Response to the Assassination of Lt. Gen. Yaroslav Moskalik
Russia‘s Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said that “there are reasons to believe that Ukrainian intelligence agencies could be involved in the killing, given their ties to Yaroslav Moskalik going back to his time in the Minsk Contact Group and at the Normandy Four platform on resolving the conflict in southeastern Ukraine.”
She added that “if the investigation confirms that Ukraine is behind this, it will again demonstrate to the international community the barbaric and treacherous nature of the Kiev regime, which chooses to escalate military confrontation with Russia and irresponsibly ignores constructive proposals aimed at finding a peaceful solution to the conflict.”
Speaking to the members of the press, presidential spokesman Dmitry Peskov said that “the Kiev regime once again shows its essence,” and “continues to engage in terrorist activities” on Russian soil.
He urged the public to remain on high alert, stating that “despite the peace talks, we must stay alert.”
