The person killed in the car bombing in St. Petersburg may be the chief navigator of the Air Force and Air Defense Forces.
Channel 78 reported that the chief navigator of the 6th Air Force and Air Defense Army was killed in a car bombing in St. Petersburg, but this information was later removed from the publication.
Who was named as the deceased and what information is available about him?
Earlier, the state television channel "78" claimed that during the car explosion in Shusharakh The chief navigator of the 6th Air Force and Air Defense Army was killed Dmitry LobodinHowever, this information later disappeared from the publication, pays attention edition "ASTRA".
TV Channel 78, citing the deceased's wife reportedThat he has two children left. Lobodin does indeed have two sons. They declined to answer ASTRA's questions.
The Ukrainian project "Book of Executioners" states that Colonel and Chief Navigator of the 6th Army, Dmitry Lobodin, took part in Russia's invasion of Ukraine. According to leaked data, he is registered in Shushary, in a house built by the Ministry of Defense, approximately 300 meters from the site of the explosion.
According to another version, the victim of the explosion could be a colonel. Andrey Khodykin, who is the deputy commander of the 6th Air Force and Air Defense Army for military-political work. He is registered in the same residential area.
How the bombing was prepared and who is the suspect
According to Fontanka, a bomb for detonation ferried "from the Baltic side" using a hot air balloon.
A 31-year-old resident had been following the deceased for at least a month. Petersburg, who is a native Pskov regionTo this end, he even got a job unloading cargo at the Lenta hypermarket, where the victim parked her car. Specifically, he noted when the colonel returned home and what time he left for work.
The explosive device was planted under the bottom of the car at 1 a.m., and by 2:43 a.m. the suspect left Petersburg on a plane flying to IstanbulAt 7 o'clock in the morning, when the explosion occurred, he was already heading to Kishinev, from where suspects are not extradited to the Russian side.
The bomb was detonated remotely. The deceased soldier was alone in the vehicle. The explosion shattered the windows of a nearby bus carrying approximately 30–40 passengers; none were injured.
