Senior Russian general killed by car bomb in Moscow

Authorities confirm the general, Yaroslav Moskalik, was part of the Russian delegation for the 2015 Minsk agreements.

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Russia's Investigative Committee (SK) - the main federal investigating authority in the country - confirmed Gen Yaroslav Moskalik died when a Volkswagen Golf car exploded after an improvised explosive device stuffed with pellets went off.

Local media reported that the car was parked next to the general's house in the eastern suburb of Balashikha and exploded as he walked past it.

Russian foreign ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova described the killing as a "terrorist attack", without providing further details, according to Russian Telegram channel Smotri.

Moskalik represented Russia's General Staff in talks with Ukraine in Paris in 2015, which resulted in the Minsk agreements set up to end the war between Ukraine and Russian-backed separatist forces that started in 2014.

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