Key Facts
• December 24: Nighttime explosion in Moscow kills two police officers.
• Officers approached a suspect near a police vehicle when the explosive detonated.
• Incident occurred close to the site of a December 22 car bomb explosion.
• December 22: Lieutenant General Fanil Salbarov, a top military official, killed in car bomb.
• Explosion on December 24 happened at 1:30 AM local time (7:30 AM JST).
• Forensic and explosive investigations are ongoing at the scene.
• Area remains sealed off with heavy police presence.
• Since February 2022, attacks have targeted Russian military and pro-government figures.
• Ukraine has claimed responsibility for some attacks but has not commented on these incidents.
Summary
Two police officers were killed in a nighttime explosion in Moscow on December 24, near the site of a previous car bomb attack that killed Lieutenant General Fanil Salbarov on December 22. The officers were approaching a suspect when the explosive detonated. Investigations, including forensic and explosive analyses, are ongoing, and the area remains heavily secured. The December 24 explosion occurred at 1:30 AM local time. Since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, several attacks have targeted military and pro-government figures, with Ukraine claiming responsibility for some but not commenting on these recent incidents.
