Russia: Car Bomb Kills Soldier Near St Petersburg in Latest Targeted Assassination

Source: US News & World Report

“A Russian ⁠military ⁠serviceman was killed ⁠after the car he was driving was ​blown up in the Pushkinsky District of St Petersburg, investigators said ‌in Thursday. ‘Investigative authorities have ‌opened a criminal case into the murder ⁠of ⁠a member of the armed forces,’ a statement from ​Russia’s Investigative Committee said. Video showed that military police had sealed off the area as investigators and forensic scientists worked ​at the scene. A bomb-damaged dark blue SUV with ⁠its doors, ⁠boot and bonnet open ⁠stood ​on a road littered with blast debris next to ​what looked like ⁠an empty passenger bus which appeared to have also suffered damage. Russia has blamed Ukraine for previous assassinations of senior military officials and people linked to ⁠Moscow’s war effort.” (11/12/26)

https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2026-11-12/car-bomb-kills-russian-soldier-near-st-petersburg-in-latest-targeted-assassination