Car bomb kills Russian army officer outside Saint Petersburg, reports say
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Ukraine has carried out a string of assassinations of Russian military officials since Moscow’s full-scale invasion began in 2022.
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- A car bomb killed a Russian army officer and wounded his wife in Saint Petersburg, marking another assassination linked to the Ukraine war.
- The officer served in Russia’s air force and air defence and was targeted as he left his home.
- Kyiv has claimed some assassinations, causing tension in Russia and exposing security flaws admitted by Putin.
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MOSCOW - A car explosion killed one person in Saint Petersburg on Aug 27, Russian investigators said, with Russian media reporting it was an army officer in what appeared to be the latest assassination during the Ukraine war.
Kyiv has carried out a string of killings of Russian military officials since Moscow’s full-scale invasion began more than four years ago.
Russian investigators confirmed that a serviceman was killed and his wife was hospitalised when a car blew up in the city’s southern Pushkinsky district.
The Saint Petersburg-based Fontanka news channel earlier reported that a Russian army officer was killed and that his wife was wounded.
According to Fontanka, the man served in Russia’s air force and air defence forces.
Fontanka said the couple were targeted as they left their house.
It published images of a car with its front badly damaged near what appeared to be a shop and ambulances at the scene.
There was no immediate comment from Ukraine.
Kyiv has claimed to be behind some of the assassinations, while staying silent on others.
The killings have been carried out using car bombs, explosives hidden in scooters and shootings.
The highest-ranking Russian military officer to have been targeted during the war was Lieutenant General Igor Kirillov, killed in December 2024 outside his Moscow apartment.
The assassinations have rattled Russia and even prompted Putin in the past to admit a security failure by Russia’s powerful intelligence agencies. AFP
