Injury of a former Ukrainian official due to a car explosion in Moscow.

Russian media reported that a former spokesman for a pro-Russian former Ukrainian prime minister was injured in a car explosion in Moscow today, Friday. The Russian Investigative Committee, responsible for serious crimes, quickly opened an investigation into the incident, which occurred just one day after a Russian military officer was killed in a similar explosion. The newspaper "Kommersant" stated that Sergey Zavurotniy, the former spokesman for former Ukrainian Prime Minister Mykola Azarov, was hospitalized after the car explosion in one of the neighborhoods of the Russian capital. Azarov served as Ukraine's prime minister from 2010 to 2014 and fled to Russia in 2014 when a revolution in Ukraine ousted pro-Russian President Viktor Yanukovych following his reversal of a commitment to strengthen ties with the European Union. This is the second car bomb explosion in Russia in two days, part of what are said to be assassination attempts domestically. Investigators reported that a Russian military officer was killed yesterday, Thursday, after the explosion of a car he was driving in St. Petersburg. Ukrainian sources claimed responsibility for some of these incidents but denied any connection to others, and Kyiv has not commented on yesterday's attack. Moscow has accused Ukraine of being responsible for previous assassination operations targeting high-ranking military officials and individuals linked to the Russian war effort.