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Second car bomb hits Russia in two days
NBC News • • world
Key Points:
- Sergei Zavorotniy, former spokesman for ex-Ukrainian Prime Minister Mykola Azarov, was injured in a car bomb attack in Moscow's Chertanovo district and hospitalized with severe injuries, including the loss of his left arm.
- This incident marks the second consecutive day of car bombings in Russia, with Moscow attributing previous attacks on military and war-related figures to Ukraine, though Kyiv has not officially commented on these events.
- Russia's Investigative Committee has launched an investigation into the explosion, which adds to a pattern of alleged assassination attempts within Russia amid ongoing tensions related to the Ukraine conflict.
- Mykola Azarov, who fled to Russia in 2014 following Ukraine’s Maidan Revolution, stated he has no further information about the attack other than Zavorotniy’s survival.
- The attack follows a recent car bombing in St. Petersburg that killed a Russian military member, with Ukrainian sources sometimes claiming responsibility but not commenting on this latest incident.
