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Car Bomb Injures Former Adviser To Ex-Minister In Latest Attacks
Zavorotny was behind the wheel when the explosion occurred on Friday morning.
Acar bomb in Moscow has injured Sergei Zavorotny, a former adviser to Ukraine’s ex-prime minister, Mykola Azarov, Russia’s Investigative Committee says.
Zavorotny was behind the wheel when the explosion occurred on Friday morning. He was taken to hospital, investigators said.
He served as an aide to Azarov until the prime minister resigned and fled to Russia in 2014.
The blast came a day after a similar explosion in the Pushkinsky District of Saint Petersburg killed a Russian colonel.
Russia says the car bombs are the latest in a series of attacks targeting pro-Kremlin figures.
“A set of necessary investigative actions is being carried out. A number of examinations will be appointed, including medical and explosives,” the committee said on Telegram.
Unconfirmed reports in Russia claim Zavorotny lost his left arm and suffered a brain injury and broken ribs and right leg.
The attacks come as peace talks continue in Dublin, even as both Russia and Ukraine carried out strikes overnight.
Ukrainian authorities said a Russian bombardment targeted a hospital.
They added that three people, including a 17-year-old boy, were killed in attacks across the southern regions of Odesa and Zaporizhzhia.
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Russia said a Ukrainian strike on an industrial facility in the central Samara region killed four people.
Another four died in the southern Volgograd region after drones hit an industrial zone, while one person died in the Bryansk border region.
Ukraine says the strikes are retaliation for Russia’s persistent targeting of its cities.
Informal peace talks have been taking place this week at a military airbase in Dublin.
US envoys, Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff, had earlier spoken with Russian President, Vladimir Putin in Moscow.
On Thursday, Kushner said Putin was willing to accept European input in the peace process.
On Friday, Irish Taoiseach Micheál Martin said Europe’s voice could not be confined to EU member states, paving the way for the United Kingdom to play a role.
Speaking ahead of an informal meeting of the EU Council, he said discussions would focus on “the type of peace that Europe wants to secure” and on who represents Europe.
Ukrainian President, Volodymyr Zelensky, has welcomed the pledge of European involvement.
UK Prime Minister Andy Burnham said on Thursday that national security adviser Jonathan Powell would join Zelensky, Witkoff and Kushner for talks in Dublin. Hours later, Downing Street said the talks had been delayed, meaning Powell could no longer attend.
Russia invaded Ukraine in February 2022 and about a fifth of the country is now under occupation. Efforts to broker peace have so far failed despite intensive talks.
