Russian Security arrests Ukrainian agent who planted bomb in Moskalyk's Car
Moscow - SABA:
The Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) announced the arrest of a Ukrainian intelligence agent who planted a bomb in a car that exploded and killed Lieutenant General Yaroslav Moskalyk, Deputy Head of the Russian General Staff's Main Operational Directorate.
In a statement issued on Saturday, the FSB said:
*"Through urgent operational measures, the Russian Federal Security Service has arrested Ukrainian intelligence agent Ignat Kuzin, who held Ukrainian residency permits.
Kuzin had rigged a Volkswagen Golf with an improvised explosive device in Balashikha, Moscow Oblast.
The remote-controlled detonation, activated from Ukrainian territory on April 25, 2025, killed Moskalyk as he exited the building."*
On Friday, Yaroslav Moskalyk, deputy chief of the Main Operations Directorate of the Russian General Staff, was killed in a car bomb explosion in Balashikha, a suburb of Moscow.
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