A lieutenant general was killed in an explosion in Balashikha. This is the fourth high-ranking military officer killed in the rear.

The fact that the soldier who died in the Moscow region had the rank of lieutenant general, сообщили Several pro-war and pro-government Telegram channels simultaneously. His name has not yet been released, but his age is stated as 62.

Lieutenant general is one of the highest officer ranks in the Russian army. According to the publication "Agency"This is at least the fourth successful assassination attempt on a military officer of this rank, committed in the rear during the war with Ukraine.

The first victim was a lieutenant general. Igor KirillovWhich perished In December 2024, he was killed by a bomb attached to a scooter in Moscow. Vladimir Putin called the assassination a "major blunder" by the Russian special services.

In April 2025, after a car explosion in Balashikha perished Deputy Chief of the Main Operations Directorate of the General Staff, Lieutenant General Yaroslav Moskalik (This happened 350 meters from the site of today's explosion).

In December 2025, in a parking lot near a house in Moscow blew up Chief of the Operational Training Directorate of the Armed Forces, Lieutenant General Fanila Sarvarova.

In addition, in February in Moscow was committed assassination attempt on the deputy head of the GRU, Lieutenant General Vladimir Alekseev, but he survived.

Director of the FSB of Russia Alexander Bortnikov promised to strengthen the protection of figures of this level.