Moscow, Aug 27, 2026 (AFP) - Car bomb kills Russian army officer outside St Petersburg: media

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2026-08-27

A car explosion killed one person in Saint Petersburg on Thursday, Russian investigators said, with Russian media reporting it was an army officer in what appeared to be the latest assassination during the Ukraine war. Kyiv has carried out a string of killings of Russian military officials since Moscow's offensive began more than four years ago. Russian investigators confirmed that a serviceman was killed and his wife was hospitalised when a car......

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