Car bomb explodes in Moscow – high-ranking officer injured

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Lerato Khumalo

An officer was injured in a car bomb explosion in the Russian capital. Is there a connection with Moscow’s war of aggression against Ukraine?

A high-ranking Russian officer was seriously injured in a bomb attack in northern Moscow this morning. A car bomb exploded as the man was getting into the car, the authorities said. Two people were injured, the Investigative Committee said. Media reported that the officer’s legs were blown off in the explosion; his wife was also injured.

Investigators were deployed in the parking lot in a residential area to clarify the background to the attack. A Ukrainian lead is also being investigated, it was said.

In the course of Moscow’s war of aggression against Ukraine, there have been repeated bomb attacks on Russian territory, including in the capital. Investigators always blame Ukrainian secret services for these.

Videos from surveillance cameras circulated on social networks showing an explosion in the parked vehicle. The footage showed the destroyed car and other damaged vehicles. The injured were taken to hospital in an ambulance.

The employee of the Russian Defense Ministry is said to be a military intelligence officer, the newspaper Kommersant reported. He is said to have been responsible for satellite communications in the military and was also deployed in the war against Ukraine. There were no official details on this at first.