Putin’s Missile Chief Killed in Fiery Car Blast
The Daily Beast • • world
Key Points:
- A high-ranking Russian military officer, Damir Davydov, a general in the supply department of the Main Missile and Artillery Directorate, was killed in a suspected car bomb attack in Balashikha, near Moscow.
- The explosion occurred close to where Lieutenant General Yaroslav Moskalik was killed in a similar car bombing in April 2025.
- On the same day, authorities detected another car bomb in south-west Moscow, believed to target an employee of a scientific production enterprise.
- The Kremlin confirmed the explosion but withheld details due to an ongoing investigation, and Ukraine has not claimed responsibility for the attacks.