💥 Attack

An explosive device detonated under a car in Moscow, injuring a GRU officer. The victim was initially reported as Major Andrey Torgashov, but later reports indicated the actual target was a colonel with the same surname working in military unit 45807.

Moscow, Ukraine
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Kyiv Post Kyiv Independent Ukrinform

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Kyiv Post → Source tone: certain

An explosive device detonated in a Toyota Land Cruiser in a parking lot near a residential building on Sinyavinskaya Street in Moscow.

Kyiv Post → Source tone: uncertain

The victim of the explosion was 49-year-old GRU Major Andrey Torgashov.

Kyiv Post → Source tone: likely

The injured man was another military officer – a colonel of Russia's General Staff also called Torgashov who worked in military unit 45807.

Kyiv Independent → Source tone: likely

An officer from Russia's foreign intelligence agency has reportedly been injured by a car bomb in Moscow, Kremlin state media reported on July 24.

Kyiv Independent → Source tone: likely

The TASS news agency said the man had his feet blown off in the attack, which targeted a Toyota Land Cruiser.

Kyiv Independent → Source tone: likely

The Kommersant newspaper said the man serves in the Main Directorate of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation (GRU).

Kyiv Independent → Source tone: certain

Russia's Interior Ministry said two people had been injured in the attack, caused by the detonation of an unidentified device.

Kyiv Independent → Source tone: likely

His wife had been injured, and five other cars were damaged.

Ukrinform → Source tone: likely

Deputy head of the satellite communication center of the Russian Armed Forces, Andrei Torgashov, suffered traumatic amputation of both feet after a bomb went off in his car in Moscow.

Ukrinform → Source tone: certain

The explosion occurred in the morning of July 24 in the parking lot outside the serviceman's home as he was getting into a car.

Ukrinform → Source tone: certain

An explosive device had been planted into the car in advance.

Ukrinform → Source tone: likely

A woman, who is believed to be Torgashov's wife, was also injured in the explosion.

Ukrinform → Source tone: likely

The victim and his wife are both in intensive care in grave condition.

Ukrinform → Source tone: likely

The victim is an officer with the GRU defense intelligence.

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