New Delhi, Dec. 22 -- A Chilling Hit on Lt. Gen. Fanil Sarvarov Exposes Ukraine's Desperate Reach into the Kremlin's Heart

MOSCOW - A powerful car bomb detonated under the vehicle of Lt. Gen. Fanil Sarvarov, chief of operational training in Russia's General Staff, on Yasenovaya Street in southern Moscow Monday morning, killing the senior commander instantly. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov confirmed President Vladimir Putin was briefed "instantaneously" by special services about this unprecedented strike deep inside Russia's capital, the most audacious assassination of a serving general since Moscow's Russo-Ukrainian war began.

The blast ripped through Sarvarov's black SUV around 7 am, turning the vehicle into a charred wreck in a resid...