Alleged Moscow Car Bomber ‘Confesses’ to Working for Ukraine: Russian Authorities

Kyiv has yet to officially comment on a car bombing that reportedly injured a military officer and his wife.

A police car goes past the headquarters of the Federal Security Service, the successor agency to the KGB, in central Moscow on March 3, 2023. Alexander Nemenov/AFP via Getty Images

A Russian national has “confessed” to having carried out a car bombing—at Kyiv’s behest—in Moscow last week that allegedly targeted a Russian military officer, according to the Russian authorities.

“During interrogation, [Yevgeny] Serebryakov reported on ... the preparation of the car bombing ordered by the Ukrainian Security Service,” Svetlana Petrenko, a spokeswoman for Russia’s official investigative committee, said on July 26.