Secret service reports arrest after a bomb attack on General

General killed in Moscow

After a bombattary – suspect in Russia arrested

After the explosion of a car bomb near Moscow and the death of a general, the intelligence service arrested a suspect. Investigators see a Ukrainian trace.

After the bomb attack near Moscow, the domestic secret service FSB arrested a suspected Ukrainian agent for murder of lieutenant general Jaroslaw Moskalik. The suspect Ignat K., born in 1983, was grasped by the FSB forces as an agent of the Ukrainian secret service because of the “terrorist attack”, the investigative committee in Moscow said. The man is said to have a Ukrainian residence permit and organized the murder of the rank -high officer of the Russian general staff on behalf of Kiev.

The 59 -year -old General died on Friday in the Moscow suburb of Balaschicha when a parked VW Golf exploded on the street. Moskalik had come from a house entrance and walked past the vehicle. According to the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Moskalik was involved in negotiations to solve the Ukraine conflict.

According to the FSB announcement, Ignat K. holder is said to have been the vehicle and also placed the self-made explosive device there. He got the components for the bomb from a hiding place of Ukrainian secret services in the Moscow area. According to the FSB, the explosive set is said to have been ignited by Ukraine.

Rain -high officers in Moscow and propagandists have also been the targets of attacks since the beginning of the Russian attack war against Ukraine. So far there has been no official reaction to the new assassination attempt in Ukraine. The Ukrainian secret service had known itself for the bomb attack on the prominent Russian General Igor Kirillow in December.