Russian general killed by car bomb in Moscow, say investigators

An investigator at the scene where Lt Gen Fanil Sarvarov was killed by a car bomb in Moscow on Monday. Photograph: Russia’s investigative committee/Reuters

A Russian general has been killed after an explosive device detonated beneath his car in what Moscow described as a likely assassination carried out by Ukrainian intelligence services.

Lt Gen Fanil Sarvarov, the head of the operational training directorate of the Russian armed forces’ general staff, died of his injuries, a spokesperson for Russia’s investigative committee said in a statement.