Pro-Russian Donetsk paramilitary seriously injured in Moscow blast, one person killed

Record ID: 1955100

  • Title: Pro-Russian Donetsk paramilitary seriously injured in Moscow blast, one person killed
  • Date: 3rd February 2025
  • Summary: MOSCOW, RUSSIA (FEBRUARY 3, 2025) (REUTERS) VARIOUS OF HELICOPTER LANDING AT SCENE ALYE PARUSA CONDO VARIOUS OF FIRE ENGINES ARRIVING / POLICE PATROL CARS PARKED VARIOUS OF FIRST RESPONDERS' VANS ARRIVING CAR OF INVESTIGATIVE COMMITTEE ARRIVING ALYE PARUSA CONDO
  • Embargoed: 17th February 2025 08:43
  • Keywords: Moscow Ukraine attempt blast investigation
  • Location: MOSCOW, RUSSIA
  • City: MOSCOW, RUSSIA
  • Country: Russia
  • Topics: Crime/Law/Justice,Crime,Europe
  • Reuters ID: LVA002826103022025RP1
  • Aspect Ratio: 16:9
  • Story Text:Armen Sarkisyan, a senior pro-Russian paramilitary from east Ukraine's Donetsk region, was seriously injured in a blast at a Moscow residential building on Monday (February 3), Russia's TASS news agency reported.
    The bomb detonated just as a man with bodyguards entered the lobby of the the "Scarlet Sails" complex on the banks of the Moskva River just 12 km (7 miles) from the Kremlin, according to Russian media.
    State news agency TASS cited law enforcement as calling the blast an "assassination." It was not immediately clear who the target had been, but the agency said that among the injured were bodyguards of the dead man.
    Baza, a Telegram channel with contacts in Russia's security services, published video showing major damage to the lobby of the building.
    In December, Ukraine took credit for the killing of Russian General Igor Kirillov in a bomb blast outside a Moscow apartment building.
    There was no immediate comment from Ukraine.
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