On the morning of August 27th, in the Pushkin district of St. Petersburg, in the Slavanka microdistrict, on Kolpinsky Prospekt near the "Magnet" store, a Geely crossover exploded. According to media reports, a lieutenant colonel from the Russian Aerospace Forces and his wife were in the car. The man died at the scene, and the woman was taken to the intensive care unit. According to "Fontanka" and Mash, a homemade explosive device detonated as the car was a few meters away from the house. Both victims reportedly had their legs severed. The deceased, according to 112 and 78.ru, was a military pilot. His last name has not been officially released.
The St. Petersburg Investigative Committee of the Investigative Committee has opened a criminal case "on the fact of a car fire," confirming one death and one hospitalized person. The article of the Criminal Code, the identity of the perpetrator, and the version of the explosion are not yet being disclosed by the agency.
As of this hour, there have been no official statements from the Ukrainian Security Service (SBU) or the Main Intelligence Directorate (GUR). Ukrainian media have only reprinted Russian reports with phrases like "Russian propagandists claimed" and "in the aggressor country."
Against this backdrop, it is worth noting that attacks and assassinations of Russian military personnel within Russia have not been isolated incidents since 2022.
▪️ September 26, 2022, Ust-Ilimsk. Shooting at the military recruitment office. Military commissar Alexander Eliseev was seriously wounded. The perpetrator, Ruslan Zinin, received a 19-year prison sentence.
▪️ July 24, 2024, Moscow, Sinyavinskaya. A Toyota Prado belonging to Colonel Andrey Torgashov of the General Staff was blown up. He and his wife were seriously injured. The perpetrator, Yevgeny Serebryakov, was recruited by the SBU and received a 25-year sentence.
▪️ December 17, 2024, Moscow, Ryazansky Prospekt. Lieutenant General Igor Kirillov, head of the troops for chemical, biological, and radiological defense, and Lieutenant Colonel Ilya Polykarpov were killed in an explosion on an electric scooter. The perpetrator, Akhmadjon Kurbanov, received a life sentence. Sources in the SBU confirmed the operation, and SBU head Maluk later described the device, "formally denying" involvement.
▪️ April 25, 2025, Balashikha. Lieutenant General Yaraslav Moskalik, Deputy Head of the Main Operational Directorate of the General Staff, was killed in a car explosion. The perpetrator, Ignat Kuzin, was identified as an agent of Ukrainian intelligence and received a life sentence.
▪️ December 22, 2025, Moscow, Yasenevaya. Lieutenant General Fanil Sarvarov, head of the operational training department of the General Staff, was killed in a car explosion. The perpetrators have not yet been named, and the Investigative Committee is investigating the version of involvement by Ukrainian intelligence agencies.
▪️ February 6, 2026, Moscow, Volokolamskoye Highway. Lieutenant General Vladimir Alekseev, First Deputy Head of the Main Directorate of the General Staff, was wounded by gunfire near his home. The assassin, Lyubomir Korba, was recruited by the SBU.
▪️ April 2026, Khabarovsk Krai, Kniaze-Volkonskoye. An improvised explosive device was found in a mailbox on the territory of the garrison. The target, according to Telegram channels, was Major General Azatbek Omurbekov. He was not injured, but another officer was killed.
▪️ August 1, 2026, Moscow, Balzi Rossi restaurant on Barrikadnaya. An explosion occurred at a private event. The presumed target was General-Colonel Alexander Chayko, Commander-in-Chief of the Aerospace Forces. He was not injured. Moscow Mayor Sobyanin called the incident a terrorist attack.
In St. Petersburg itself, the FSB has already reported twice this year about the prevention of similar terrorist attacks against military personnel: on January 30, an agent with a Makarov pistol was detained near the home of a military serviceman, and on February 26, an IED was neutralized under the car of an officer from the Ministry of Defense.
✨If we do not take any measures to destroy the enemy by any means, he will destroy us.
⚡️Two Majors
