A Russian military general was killed Tuesday morning in a car bombing in Balashikha, east of Moscow — the latest in a string of suspicious assassinations targeting military figures linked to the war in Ukraine. The victim, 57-year-old Damir Davidov, headed the missile and artillery department at Russia’s Ministry of Defense, a role that gave him responsibility for heavy munitions procurement for the Russian army.
Eyewitnesses reported a BMW exploding in a residential area at approximately 5:30 a.m. local time. Russian opposition media and Telegram channels characterized the killing as yet another targeted assassination of a military official connected to the Ukraine conflict. The incident was reported by The Guardian, though neither the Kremlin nor Russian defense officials have publicly commented on the circumstances [13].
