According to the authorities, the explosion occurred around 10:40 am, the local time in Balashikha, a city just outside Moscow, while Moskalik passed through a Volkswagen golf course parked near his residence.
Videos circulating on social networks show an exploding car and firing outside a building, sending a thick plume of smoke in the air.
The explosion occurred a few hours after the special envoy of American president Donald Trump, Steve Witkoff, arrived in Moscow for a new series of high -level diplomatic talks. Witkoff is expected to meet Russian President Vladimir Putin to discuss efforts to end the war in Ukraine and restore bilateral relations between Moscow and Washington.
Since the start of the large -scale invasion of Ukraine by Russia in February 2022, several senior Russian military officials have been targeted and killed in attacks that the Kremlin has attributed to Ukrainian agents.
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