Russian Soldiers Keep Getting Blown Up By Car Bombs

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A Russian air force officer died in a suspected car bomb, according to reports, making him the latest senior military figure in the country who has died in similar circumstances.…

A Russian air force officer has been killed by a suspected car bomb, according to reports, making him the latest senior military figure in the country who has died in similar circumstances.

The independent Telegram channel Fontanka reported that officer, who was a colonel, was killed in a blast in the center of St. Petersburg on Thursday morning.

The outlet said that a remote-controlled explosive device had been attached to the underside of his SUV vehicle as it left the courtyard of a residential building.

The TV channel 78 reported that the dead colonel was the chief navigator of the 6th Air and Air Defense Army although as of Thursday morning, he had not been named.

Russia has blamed Ukrainian secret services for car bombings which have targeted military and security figures over the last couple of years.

Lieutenant General Yaroslav Moskalik was killed in April 2025 in a car bomb explosion in the Moscow region. Another Lieutenant General, Fanil Sarvarov, also died in a car bomb, in Moscow on 22 December 2025.

Damir Davydov, who supplied missiles and artillery ammunition for the Russian Ministry of Defense, was killed after an explosive device detonated while a BMW X3 was driving near a residential building in Moscow on June 9.

On August 28, Lieutenant Colonel Sergei Sechkov, 43, from Russia's Aerospace Forces, was killed in a car bomb explosion in the same city.

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