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Yaroslav Moskalik

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Lieutenant general

Yaroslav Moskalik
Moskalik in 2021
Native name
Ярослав Ярославович Москалик
Born(1966-08-22)22 August 1966
Angren, Uzbek SSR, Soviet Union
Died25 April 2025(2025-04-25) (aged 58)
Balashikha, Russia
Cause of deathAssassination by car bomb
Allegiance Russia
Branch Russian Armed Forces
Service years1983–2025
RankLieutenant general
UnitGeneral Staff
CommandsDeputy Chief − Main Operations Directorate of the General Staff

Yaroslav Yaroslavovich Moskalik (Russian: Ярослав Ярославович Москалик, 22 August 1966[1] – 25 April 2025) was a Russian military officer who served as a Lieutenant General and Deputy Chief of the Main Operations Directorate of the General Staff of the Russian Armed Forces. He was killed in a car bomb explosion in Balashikha, Moscow Oblast, in April 2025.[2][3]

Early life

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Moskalik was born in Angren, in the Tashkent Region of what was then the Uzbek SSR.[1]

Military career

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Moskalik began his service in the Russian Armed Forces in 1983[1] and graduated from the Far Eastern Higher Combined Arms Command School in 1987[1] and the Combined Arms Academy of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation in 2002.[1]

Moskalik held the rank of Major General[4] and served as the Deputy Chief of the Main Operations Directorate of the General Staff of the Russian Armed Forces.[4]

He was a senior officer involved in strategic military operations and represented the Russian General Staff in negotiations with Ukraine in Paris in 2015[5] and, at least in 2019, in Normandy Format, a group made up of teams from Germany, Russia, Ukraine and France who oversaw the Minsk agreements designed to end the war between Ukraine and Russia-backed separatist forces that broke out in 2014.[6]

Assassination

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Around 10:40 local time on 25 April 2025, Moskalik was killed in a car bomb explosion in Balashikha, a suburb east of Moscow. According to reports, an improvised explosive device (IED) with shrapnel was detonated remotely in a parked car as Moskalik, who lived in the area, passed by.[7] The explosion was powerful enough to shatter windows in nearby buildings.[8] Russia's Investigative Committee classified the incident as murder and confirmed the use of a homemade explosive device.[9]

A similar incident occurred in December 2024, when another Russian general, Igor Kirillov, was killed in a bomb attack in Moscow, attributed by both the Security Service of Ukraine[10] and Russian authorities to Ukrainian intelligence services.[11]

On 26 April, the Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) announced the arrest and confession of a 42-year old Russian national who formerly lived in Ukraine, for planting the explosives on behalf of Ukrainian intelligence in exchange for $18,000. He was subsequently charged with terrorism.[12][13]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b c d e "Кавказ, Сирия и гибель в Подмосковье: кто такой генерал Москалик" [Caucasus, Syria and death in the Moscow region: who is General Moskalik], Ura News (in Russian), 29 April 2025
  2. ^ "Senior Russian military officer killed in car explosion in Moscow region, Russian media report". Reuters. 25 April 2025.
  3. ^ Quadri, Sami (25 April 2025). "Putin defence general 'killed in car bomb explosion' in Moscow". The Standard. Retrieved 25 April 2025.
  4. ^ a b "Senior Russian general killed in car explosion near Moscow". The Independent. 25 April 2025. Retrieved 26 April 2025.
  5. ^ "Top Russian general assassinated in Moscow car bomb, as footage shows devastating explosion outside block of flats". LBC. 25 April 2025. Retrieved 25 April 2025.
  6. ^ "Senior Russian Military Officer Killed in Car Explosion near Moscow". 25 April 2025. Retrieved 25 April 2025 – via Reuters.
  7. ^ "Ukraine war latest: Russian general killed in Moscow car bomb". Sky News. 25 April 2025. Retrieved 25 April 2025.
  8. ^ "Senior Russian military officer killed in car explosion near Moscow". The Straits Times. 25 April 2025. ISSN 0585-3923. Retrieved 25 April 2025.
  9. ^ Kelly, Kieran (25 April 2025). "Ukraine war latest: Russian general killed in Moscow car bombing". The Telegraph. ISSN 0307-1235. Retrieved 25 April 2025.
  10. ^ "Key Russian general killed in Moscow bomb blast claimed by Ukraine". CNN. 17 December 2024. Retrieved 17 December 2024.
  11. ^ "Car bomb kills Russian general near Moscow". Newsweek. 25 April 2025. Retrieved 25 April 2025.
  12. ^ "Russia Detains Man Suspected of Killing General – FSB". The Moscow Times. 26 April 2025. Retrieved 27 April 2025.
  13. ^ "Suspect in Death of Russian General Charged With Terrorism". The Moscow Times. 27 April 2025. Retrieved 27 April 2025.
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