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Deadly Moscow Explosion Claims Lives of Two Officers

12/25/2025

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Key Information: An explosion in Moscow on December 24, 2025, killed three people, including two police officers, per Russian investigators.
The two officers were approaching a suspicious individual when the device detonated, killing Lt. Ilya Klimanov, 24, and Lt. Maxim Gorbunov, 25, who had a wife and a 9-month-old daughter.
This followed a car bomb attack that killed Lt. Gen. Fanil Sarvarov, head of the Operational Training Directorate, days earlier.

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Key Information: An explosion in Moscow on December 24, 2025, killed three people, including two police officers, per Russian investigators.
The two officers were approaching a suspicious individual when the device detonated, killing Lt. Ilya Klimanov, 24, and Lt. Maxim Gorbunov, 25, who had a wife and a 9-month-old daughter.
This followed a car bomb attack that killed Lt. Gen. Fanil Sarvarov, head of the Operational Training Directorate, days earlier.