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A Moscow has ordered a Ukrainian citizen facing terrorism charges over the killing of a senior Russian military officer near Moscow to be remanded in custody, Russia’s Investigative Committee said.
The Kremlin has blamed Ukraine for , the latest in a series of Russian military officers and pro-war figures to be assassinated since the start of the war in Ukraine.
Ukraine has not commented on the incident.
The Investigative Committee, which deals with serious crimes in Russia, said the suspect, Ignat Kuzin, had pleaded guilty to killing Moskalik and had said he was recruited by Ukraine’s security services.
The committee, in a post on the Telegram messaging app, later said the court ordered Kuzin remanded in custody. Russian news agencies said the order remained in effect for 30 days.
Moskalik, who was deputy head of the main operations directorate of Russia’s general staff, was killed in the town of Balashikha, hours before United States President Donald Trump’s envoy Steve Witkoff was due to hold talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow on ending the war in Ukraine.
The Investigative Committee said Russian authorities were trying to identify others who might have been involved in the killing of Moskalik.
Moskalik had participated in several high-level Russian delegations that have met Western officials to try to negotiate a settlement to the conflict in Ukraine.
He also dealt with Syria, presenting a report on military-technical cooperation in Africa and the Middle East at a security forum in Moscow in 2021.
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