Die Mordkampagne der Ukraine geht tief hinter die feindlichen Linien

A Russian general has been killed by a bomb detonating underneath his car in Moscow in what appears to be the latest example of [Ukraine](https://inews.co.uk/topic/ukraine?srsltid=AfmBOopb9CAlO-lx4_3n03TQKrTq1v-GV72RxQy_4cIiph6IYUAwFVm_&ico=in-line_link)‘s “ruthless and ingenious” campaign behind enemy lines.

Lt Gen Fanil Sarvarov, 56, head of the Operational Training Directorate of the Russian Armed Forces’ General Staff, died from his injuries after a bomb exploded under his Kia Sorento on Monday morning.

“Investigators are pursuing numerous lines of enquiry regarding the murder. One of these is that the crime was orchestrated by Ukrainian intelligence services,” said Svetlana Petrenko, the spokesperson for [Russia’s](https://inews.co.uk/topic/russia?srsltid=AfmBOopPzacJyOxFdsHKT99dA4IN3C3iPoQ_gkqJh1OYqTymXjg4YJV9&ico=in-line_link) Investigative Committee, the nation’s top criminal investigation agency.

Ukraine has not yet commented on the killing. However, it marks the third such assassination of a senior Russian military officer in a year. Ukraine has previously claimed responsibility for similar attacks.

Experts have told *The i Paper* how Ukraine has become equipped to carry out such major ambushes on Russian soil, adding that despite President [Vladimir Putin’s](https://inews.co.uk/topic/vladimir-putin?srsltid=AfmBOorsumJm5NbGmdeizLK6vX9xft7O3oTMpWHECYyaA3x_ig1A9oN7&ico=in-line_link) efforts to protect the capital, “you can’t escape war”.

# The latest in a series of high-profile attacks

Sarvarov fought in the Chechen wars in the 1990s and 2000s, and took part in Moscow’s military campaign in Syria around 2015.

Russia’s Investigative Committee released footage of the targeted vehicle after the attack, which showed blood sprayed across the driver’s seat and one of its doors blown off.

John Foreman, a former British defence attaché to Moscow and Kyiv, told *The i Paper:* “It’s interesting that after four years, Ukraine is still having success. It also shows how ruthless and ingenious the Ukrainians have become.”

The last major attack on a senior Russian military officer occurred in April, when Lt Gen Yaroslav Moskalik, a deputy head of the main operational department in the General Staff, was [killed by an explosive device placed in his car](https://inews.co.uk/news/world/senior-russian-general-killed-in-moscow-car-explosion-3659284?srsltid=AfmBOopmdsLh6bdKJ8rKjAqGQghPv7OkR7QRUvXSlqAzr9aDRb-u23g7&ico=in-line_link) parked near to his apartment building just outside [Moscow.](https://inews.co.uk/topic/moscow?srsltid=AfmBOop8x7vSJiTt4F_X0XZqQwuznnrYu9WpDIGYBthUWFhhRQH-OO84&ico=in-line_link)

It came after Lt Gen Igor Kirillov, the chief of the military’s nuclear, biological and chemical protection forces, was [killed by a bomb hidden on an electric scooter](https://inews.co.uk/news/world/general-accused-of-war-crimes-in-ukraine-killed-in-moscow-explosion-3435626?srsltid=AfmBOorKkgN6hITrOwJns4pGDfpPjyEMdI5FphS01Rpa_YPIe4yZhSVk&ico=in-line_link), also positioned outside his apartment block, in December last year.

Ukraine’s security service claimed responsibility for the attack, which also killed Kirillov’s assistant. An Uzbek man was quickly arrested and charged for the attack on behalf of the security service.

No peace for the invaders anywhere