Vehicle Blast Kills Russian Lieutenant Colonel in St. Petersburg, Probe Opened
A Russian military officer, reportedly a lieutenant colonel, was killed when a car exploded in St. Petersburg’s Shushary district; investigators opened a criminal case, and the officer’s wife was injured. Authorities described the incident as a “vehicle fire,” and the victim’s identity had not been publicly confirmed. Moscow has alleged Ukrainian involvement in such assassinations, with Ukrainian sources saying a 24-year-old woman recruited online planted the bomb and traveled to Turkey and Moldova; Kyiv had no immediate comment.