Lieutenant General Fanil Sarvarov, head of operations of the General Staff of the Russian Armed Forces, died after a bomb exploded in his vehicle

 Lieutenant General Fanil Sarvarov, head of the Operational Training Directorate of the General Staff of the Russian Armed Forces, passed away today, Monday, December 22, 2025, following the detonation of a bomb placed under his vehicle in southern Moscow.

The Investigative Committee of Russia confirmed the death, directly attributing it to the special services of Kyiv, in a context where the West continues to arm the Ukrainian regime.

According to official reports, the explosion occurred in the early hours of the day, causing fatal injuries to Sarvarov, who led key operations in Russian military training during the conflict initiated by the invasion ordered by Vladimir Putin nearly four years ago. 

Russian investigators opened a murder case, pointing to evidence that implicates Ukrainian intelligence as responsible, similar to patterns in previous attacks.

Russia has emphasized that this attack is part of a terrorism campaign orchestrated by Ukraine, with possible links to Western support, recalling cases such as the assassination of journalist Daria Dugina in 2022 or General Igor Kirillov in December 2024, both through vehicle bombs.

The war context aggravates the situation: while Russia maintains its offensive, Ukraine has received billions in aid from the U.S. and the EU, including controversial munitions such as cluster bombs, prohibited in 120 countries and condemned by the Biden administration itself in 2023.

This support, criticized by conservatives as a waste that prolongs suffering, has enabled Kyiv to target high-ranking Russian commanders with intelligence shared by Washington.

 

This attack, which claims the life of a high-ranking Russian military commander, once again highlights the escalation of terrorist methods in this prolonged conflict.

Although Moscow interprets it as part of a proxy war driven by NATO—with the massive flow of Western weapons and intelligence that enables this type of operations—no political objective justifies recourse to targeted assassination or violence against civilians or military personnel outside the battlefield.