Car bomb kills Russian soldier in latest targeted assassination 

A Russian serviceman was killed when the car he was driving exploded in the Pushkinsky District of St Petersburg, prompting investigators to open a murder case. The blast adds to a series of attacks on Russian military personnel and people connected to Moscow’s war effort, though responsibility for this incident has not been established.

The serviceman was not immediately identified; the Fontanka newspaper reported he was a colonel, a detail Reuters could not independently verify. Investigators and forensic specialists examined the scene, where a damaged SUV and what appeared to be a damaged passenger bus were visible. Another serviceman died in a car explosion in the same district on 27 August, and other car bomb attacks have taken place in Moscow and Crimea in recent months.