Car bombings in Russia kill military officer, injure

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1. 13 Nov

   A day earlier, in St Petersburg, a military serviceman was killed by a bomb in his vehicle, according to Russia’s Investigative Committee.

   6 outlets · Al Jazeera

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• 13 Nov Car bombings in Russia kill military officer, injure ex-Ukraine PM adviserA car bombing in Moscow on Friday critically injured 72-year-old Sergei Zavorotnyi, a former adviser to Ukraine’s former prime minister, while a similar attack in St Petersburg killed a military serviceman the previous day. Reports indicate that both victims were in vehicles when remote-detonated explosives planted underneath their cars were triggered, leaving Zavorotnyi in a coma with the loss of his left arm. The…Al Jazeera
• 13 Nov Ex-aide to Ukraine's former PM Azarov hurt in Moscow car bombing; probe underwaySergey Zavorotny, the former press secretary to ex-Ukrainian prime minister Mykola Azarov, was seriously injured in a car explosion on Kirovogradskaya Street in southern Moscow on Friday. Russian investigators have opened a criminal case for attempted murder, though the cause of the blast remains unclear as reports conflict between a planted improvised explosive device and a gas equipment malfunction. The report…Times of India
• 13 Nov Bombings in Russia kill a military officer and injure an adviser to Ukraine's former prime ministerA car bombing in Moscow on Friday severely injured Sergei Zavorotnyi, a 72-year-old former adviser to Ukraine’s former prime minister and a purported Russian Foreign Intelligence Service officer. This follows a Thursday bombing in St. Petersburg that killed a military officer, described by some outlets as a colonel or a senior air force officer. The report highlights a series of bombings and shootings in Russia…Toronto Star
• 13 Nov Russia hit by second car bomb in as many days as peace talks continueA car bomb in Moscow on Friday morning injured Sergei Zavorotny, a former adviser to Ukraine's pro-Putin ex-prime minister Mykola Azarov, who was driving at the time of the explosion. This incident follows a similar explosion in Saint Petersburg on Thursday that killed a Russian colonel, with Russian officials characterizing these as part of a series of attacks against pro-Kremlin figures. The reporting frames these…BBC
• 13 Nov Ukraine-Russia war latest: Exiled Kyiv political aide hospitalised after second Russian car bomb attackRussian authorities have launched an investigation into a car bomb in Moscow that reportedly targeted Sergei Zavorotniy, a former Ukrainian political aide who has lived in Russia since 2014. The report highlights this incident as part of a series of domestic assassination attempts, including a military member killed in a St. Petersburg explosion on Thursday. Additionally, the text covers the aftermath of trilateral…The Independent
• 13 Nov Second car bomb to hit Russia in two days targets exiled Ukrainian political aide, media reportRussia’s Investigative Committee opened an investigation on Friday, November 13, 2026, into a car bomb explosion in Moscow that reportedly targeted Sergei Zavorotniy, an exiled Ukrainian political aide. Zavorotniy, a former spokesman for a former Ukrainian Prime Minister who has lived in Russia since 2014, was reported by the newspaper Kommersant to be hospitalized following the blast. The report frames this…The Hindu
• 13 Nov Second car bomb to hit Russia in two days targets exiled Ukrainian political aide, media reportRussia's Investigative Committee opened an investigation on Friday into a car explosion in Moscow involving a vehicle reportedly belonging to Sergei Zavorotniy, a former spokesman for a Ukrainian Prime Minister who has lived in Russia since 2014. The Russian newspaper Kommersant reported that Zavorotniy was hospitalized following the blast, which occurred just one day after a military member was killed in a separate…The Straits Times

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