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Mine event in Moscow, Moscow - Southern area, Russian Federation on Mon 22nd December 2025

22nd December 2025

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On 22 December 2025, in the morning, an off-duty Russian Lieutenant General - the head of the operational training directorate of the Russian General Staff, was blown up by a car bomb on a parking lot at the Yasenevaya street in Moscow - Southern. The general died. The RDX-based motion-triggered magnetic mine was set up under the general's personal car. The possibility of Ukrainian intelligence being involved in the incident is being considered by the local law enforcement.

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Moscow ( Moscow - Southern area )

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