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Moscow bomb reportedly kills pro-Russian Ukrainian separatist

Russian law enforcement officers arrive in the courtyard of a residential building following a blast in Moscow, February 3 [Tatyana Makeyeva/AFP]

An explosion in a Moscow apartment block has killed the leader of a pro-Russian military faction based in eastern Ukraine, according to Russian state media.

The blast was caused by a bomb planted at the Alye Parusa residential complex, about 12km (7 miles) from the Kremlin, on Monday morning, Russia’s Tass news agency reported. The attack is the latest in a series of targeting Russian or pro-Russian figures amid Moscow’s invasion.

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