In the eerie stillness of a gray Moscow morning, death came cloaked in fire and steel. A brutal message delivered by shadowy hands, leaving behind twisted metal and silence.
On April 25, 2025, Major General Yaroslav Moskalik, a key figure in Russia’s military command as the deputy chief of operations for the general staff, was obliterated in a calculated car bomb assassination in Balashikha—a quiet suburb just outside Moscow. His death wasn’t just a killing. It was a spectacle of terror.
The vehicle, parked amid unsuspecting neighbors near a towering apartment block, erupted with violent force. The bomb—no ordinary device—was laced with metal shrapnel, engineered to maim, to destroy, to terrify. According to investigators, the yield matched 300 grams of TNT. In human terms: total annihilation.
Charred debris and flames marked the aftermath, caught on camera by stunned bystanders who watched a military titan be reduced to nothing in seconds. His car, engulfed and broken, was a smoking graveyard of warcraft precision.
This wasn't the first. It follows a chilling trend of high-profile assassinations haunting the Russian elite. In December, Lieutenant General Igor Kirillov—commander of the Russian Radiological, Chemical, and Biological Defense Forces—met a similar fate. Blamed on Ukrainian special services, Kirillov was killed by an explosive device planted inside an electric scooter. A camera hidden in a parked vehicle watched his final steps before remote detonation sealed his doom.
Someone is hunting generals. And they’re patient, meticulous, and merciless.
Who’s next?
