Russian military official killed in car bombing outside Moscow, media reports

Key Points:

• Damir Davydov, a Russian military official responsible for missile and artillery ammunition supplies, was killed in a car bombing near Moscow on June 9, according to independent outlet The Insider.
• The explosion occurred around 5:30 a.m. in Balashikha, a residential area east of Moscow, with the bomb reportedly placed under the driver's seat of a BMW X3 and equivalent to 300-400 grams of TNT.
• Russian authorities confirmed a man died in the blast but have not officially identified the victim, though eyewitnesses and records suggest it was Davydov, who headed a department in Russia's Main Missile and Artillery Directorate (GRAU).
• The bombing took place less than one kilometer from where Lieutenant General Yaroslav Moskalik was killed in a similar car bombing in April 2025, highlighting a pattern of attacks on Russian military officials.
• The cause of the explosion remains unknown, and Ukrainian authorities have not commented on the incident as of now; a criminal case has been opened by Russian investigators without specified charges.