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Russian general killed in car blast just outside Moscow ahead of Witkoff-Putin meeting
CNN ^ | April 25, 2025 | Nick Paton Walsh, Darya Tarasova, Ivana Kottasová and Sophie Tanno

Posted on 04/25/2025 4:54:09 AM PDT by McGruff

A senior Russian general has died in a car bombing in the Russian city of Balashikha on Friday, according to authorities, with news of the blast breaking just before US President Donald Trump’s special envoy Steve Witkoff met with Russian leader Vladimir Putin in Moscow.

Witkoff was received by Putin at the Kremlin early on Friday afternoon, the Russian state news agency Tass reported, saying the US envoy has also met with senior Russian negotiator Kirill Dmitriev.

Earlier on Friday, Yaroslav Moskalik, deputy head of the Main Operations Directorate of the General Staff of the Russian Armed Forces, was killed in the explosion of a Volkswagen Golf, Russia’s Investigative Committee said in a statement.

The blast was caused by an improvised explosive device packed with shrapnel, it added. Balashikha lies less than 20 miles east of Moscow.

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1 posted on 04/25/2025 4:54:09 AM PDT by McGruff
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2 posted on 04/25/2025 4:54:41 AM PDT by McGruff (Biden will go down in history as the worst president ever.)
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To: McGruff

General Boomov?


3 posted on 04/25/2025 4:58:59 AM PDT by HombreSecreto (The life of a repo man is always intense)
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4 posted on 04/25/2025 4:59:16 AM PDT by McGruff (Biden will go down in history as the worst president ever.)
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To: McGruff

I think when this war is over it will be PAYBACK TIME with lots of British leaders having to keep looking over their shoulders.


5 posted on 04/25/2025 5:00:54 AM PDT by BobL
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To: McGruff

Yaroslav whammykablammykalik


6 posted on 04/25/2025 5:02:31 AM PDT by albie (U)
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Poor Steve Witkoff, his job just got more complicated. Will Trump post another STOP! statement?
7 posted on 04/25/2025 5:14:14 AM PDT by McGruff (Biden will go down in history as the worst president ever.)
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To: BobL

What makes you think the Brits are smart enough to pull this off.


8 posted on 04/25/2025 5:15:11 AM PDT by yldstrk (Nothing like the truth)
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To: yldstrk

“What makes you think the Brits are smart enough to pull this off.”

They are...pretty much EVERY terrorist hit now is British-run. It used to be a competition between MI6 and the CIA, now it’s just MI6.

But it is possible to that rouge CIA types were also involved. Be interesting to see how this plays out.


9 posted on 04/25/2025 5:18:59 AM PDT by BobL
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To: McGruff

Most likely done in by someone inside his own organization. But I have said many times that the way to take out Putin is not to take him out directly but rather to take out those around him. Let his paranoia close in on him.


10 posted on 04/25/2025 5:42:13 AM PDT by Brilliant
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Just curious about the timing of this bombing.

Regardless who did this, I believe it was done to derail peace talks.

Question - who has the most to gain from talks being canceled?

EuroTrash, or Putin, or Zelinsky????


11 posted on 04/25/2025 5:45:54 AM PDT by OHPatriot (Si vis pacem, para bellum)
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To: BobL

Yes, they too will be chased out of the US. The Crown is America’s greatest enemy. Those who hate Israel haven’t a clue to the damage the English have done to the US by the special partnership.

https://www.youtube.com/@PrometheanAction


12 posted on 04/25/2025 5:53:18 AM PDT by Jumper
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To: Brilliant

Do you have any evidence to backup your claim or just wishful thinking?


13 posted on 04/25/2025 6:04:12 AM PDT by McGruff (Biden will go down in history as the worst president ever.)
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To: BobL

uh, Mossad says. “Hold muh Goldstar (Hebrew: גולדסטאר) beer!”


14 posted on 04/25/2025 6:12:57 AM PDT by epluribus_2 (!)
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To: OHPatriot
Just curious about the timing of this bombing. Regardless who did this, I believe it was done to derail peace talks. Question - who has the most to gain from talks being canceled?

The usual suspects.


15 posted on 04/25/2025 7:10:56 AM PDT by montag813
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To: McGruff

The Ukraine’s have been using them a lot over the last year general are the main target.


16 posted on 04/25/2025 7:30:16 AM PDT by Vaduz
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To: HombreSecreto

This is the sort of crappola that justifies bombing Kiev.


17 posted on 04/25/2025 7:50:18 AM PDT by bobbo666
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To: BobL

Rosey-red-rouge or just rogue?


18 posted on 04/25/2025 7:51:50 AM PDT by SERKIT ("Blazing Saddles" explains it all.......)
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To: bobbo666

Perhaps. Is there any other level of internal Russian intrigue that could also be at play?


19 posted on 04/25/2025 7:58:15 AM PDT by HombreSecreto (The life of a repo man is always intense)
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To: McGruff
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20 posted on 04/25/2025 9:40:10 AM PDT by PIF (They came for me and mine ... now its your turn)
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