Explosion rocks Moscow apartments in ‘assassination attempt’ on top Russian commander

Tyler Mitchell By Tyler Mitchell Feb3,2025

An explosion that hit luxury apartments in Moscow was a “carefully planned assassination attempt” targeting a senior military commander, Russian state media has claimed.

A bomb is reported to have gone off on the first floor of the Scarlet Sails residential complex in northwest Moscow, killing one person and injuring four others.

Armen Sargsyan, the founder of the of the Armenian volunteer battalion Arbat, which is fighting with the Russian army in Ukraine, was seriously wounded in the attack, according to reports.

The power of the explosion was equivalent to 300 grammes of TNT, and caused extensive damage, according to investigators.

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