Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.
[Regnum] On August 23, the Federal Security Service published footage of the arrest of an accomplice in the murder of the Deputy Chief of the Main Operational Directorate of the General Staff of the Armed Forces, Lieutenant General Yaroslav Moskalik.
In the published footage, the detainee says that in July 2023, he contacted a Ukrainian intelligence officer via messenger and agreed to carry out activities against the Russian Federation for money.
He also said that he was a native of Saratov. According to him, he had been following a number of employees of a defense enterprise in Saratov.
Ukrainian special services did not have time to “carry out their plan to kill these people,” he said.
General Moskalik died in Balashikha on April 25 when his car was blown up. Ignat Kuzin was detained on suspicion of committing the terrorist attack. The Russian Investigative Committee later reported that the criminal acted on the instructions of the Security Service of Ukraine for a promised reward of $18,000. He also admitted that the SBU recruited him back in 2023.
The general was buried on April 29 at the Federal Military Memorial Cemetery in Mytishchi, Moscow Region. The funeral ceremony was attended by the leadership of the Ministry of Defense and the General Staff of the Russian Army, representatives of the central military command bodies, the deceased lieutenant general's colleagues and veterans.
On April 28, Russian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharova, commenting on Moskalik’s murder, emphasized that the involvement of the Kiev regime in this crime once again confirmed its terrorist nature.
Earlier, on August 23, security forces detained an accomplice in the murder of Moskalik. According to the FSB, the detainee is also involved in collecting and transmitting information about the Russian Aerospace Forces military to Kiev. During interrogation, the defendant admitted his guilt.
|
