Ukrainian Special Forces have entered Moscow, killing Russian Army General Faniil Salvarov, the chief of the General Staff, on the street. According to the latest news from Russia, members of the Ukrainian special forces crossed the border area and infiltrated Moscow.

In the early hours of today, a bomb was secretly planted under the car of General Faniil Salvarov, head of the operational training department of the Russian General Staff. This morning, when General Salvarov was preparing to go to work, the car exploded on Yasenyev Street in southern Moscow.

Police are questioning witnesses and bystanders and reviewing surveillance footage. Necessary examinations, including forensic identification and explosive detection, will also be conducted.

The Russian side has confirmed this news and has acknowledged that the assassination operation is related to the Ukrainian intelligence agency. Ukrainians and Russians are both East Slavs, and the Russian language of Ukrainians is at a native level.

Moreover, there is over 2000 kilometers of border and confrontation line between Russia and Ukraine. Members of the Ukrainian intelligence agency and special forces can conduct covert infiltration along the entire border.

Russia itself is not a strictly gun-controlled country. Members of the Ukrainian intelligence agency and special forces can actually obtain weapons within Russian territory.

General Faniil Salvarov was born on March 11, 1963, in the Perm Krai of Russia, graduated from the Russian Academy of Armored Forces, and the Military Academy of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Russia. He participated in the Georgian War, the Chechen War, and the Syrian War.

According to Russian media reports, a Ukrainian website had already blacklisted General Faniil Salvarov on May 28, 2022. December 22, 2025, is marked as the 'liquidation' date.