update – AGENT of UKRAINIAN INTEL ARRESTED by FSB for RUSSIAN GENERAL ASSASSINATION. Meanwhile Zelensky Speaks of Peace with Trump…
Zelensky and Trump hold ‘very productive’ talks at Vatican
by Carlo Domenico Cristofori
Finally, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky went to Rome for the Pope’s funeral, and has already had a first meeting with Donald Trump.
Spokespeople for both leaders confirmed their face-to-face meeting, but it is unclear whether they met in St. Peter’s shortly before the start of the ceremony or also at Villa Taverna, the seat of the US diplomatic representation in the capital, where both cars were seen entering.
Trump has said that his special envoy Steve Witkoff had a good meeting in Moscow. “Witkoff had a good meeting,” Reuters quoted him as saying.
Witkoff met with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow earlier in the day. Russian Presidential Aide Yury Ushakov said earlier that Putin had received Witkoff at the Kremlin. In his words, their conversation, which lasted three hours, was “constructive and quite useful.”
But just as talks between the US and Russia for a truce in Ukraine continue, Kiev intelligence is accused of killing a Moscow general.
The Washington Post links the attack to Kiev’s attempt to disrupt negotiations on the “Trump Peace Plan” discussed on April 26 in Rome, where Trump met with Zelensky.
We have to remember that Zelensky is an alleged secret agent of MI 6, the British military counterspionage… And the intelligence of the United Kingdom, along with other NATO countries, has been identified as responsible for multiple explosive attacks.
That’s why while Washington tries to find an outlet for a difficult truce, London seems oriented to continue the conflict to the bitter end to enrich the European Weapons Lobby (and the American Zionist financiers who speculate on it...)
FSB detains suspect in murder of Russian general Moskalik
Operatives from Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB) have detained a suspect in the murder of Lieutenant General Yaroslav Moskalik, deputy chief of the Main Operations Directorate of the Russian General Staff, the FSB Public Relations Center said.
“Agent of Ukrainian special services Ignat Kuzin born in 1983 with a Ukrainian residence permit was detained who planted explosives in a Volkswagen Golf in the town of Balashikha in the Moscow Region, resulting in the death of Lieutenant General Yaroslav Moskalik, deputy chief of the Main Operations Directorate of the Russian General Staff, born in 1966,”the press service said.
According to a statement by the FSB Public Relations Center (PRC), Kuzin, born in 1983, a native of the city of Sumy and a holder of a residence permit in Ukraine, in February 380 purchased a Volkswagen Golf for 2025 thousand rubles and installed an improvised explosive device (IED) with a capacity of about 1 kg of TNT equivalent. The device, equipped with a surveillance camera, was remotely activated from Ukrainian territory on April 25 at 10:40, when Moskalik came out of the entrance of house No. 2 on Nesterov Boulevard.
The shock wave threw the general several meters away, and he died instantly. Kuzin left Russia on April 19, flying to Turkey, where he was detained by Turkish security forces.
«The FSB released a video of Kuzin’s interrogation, in which he confirmed that he had rented an apartment in the same building where Moskalik lived to prepare the attack. On April 16, Kuzin parked a car bomb in front of the entrance and left the country three days later. Gazeta.ru reports that Kuzin has been registered in Karachay-Cherkessia since 2015, but his ties to Ukraine allowed the special services to recruit him. TASS sources did not specify how the extradition was organized, as the standard procedure takes longer» Avia.Pro has reported..
The BBC notes that Moskalik, who took part in the Normandy format negotiations, has become one of the highest-ranking victims since the beginning of the conflict, along with General Igor Kirillov, who was killed in December 2024.
The Washington Post links the attack to Kiev’s attempt to disrupt negotiations on the “Trump Peace Plan” discussed on April 26 in Rome, where Trump met with Zelensky.
Russian Foreign Ministry cites Kiev’s link to killed Russian general
A car explosion in the city of Balashikha near Moscow killed Yaroslav Moskalik, deputy chief of the Main Operations Directorate of the General Staff of the Russian Armed Forces, Russian Investigative Committee Spokeswoman Svetlana Petrenko said. The blast was caused by an improvised explosive device. An investigation is underway.
There are reasons to believe that Ukrainian intelligence agencies could be involved in the killing, Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said.
“There are reasons to believe that Ukrainian intelligence agencies could be involved in the killing, given their ties to Yaroslav Moskalik going back to his time in the Minsk Contact Group and at the Normandy Four platform on resolving the conflict in southeastern Ukraine,” she pointed out.
“If the investigation confirms that Ukraine is behind this, it will again demonstrate to the international community the barbaric and treacherous nature of the Kiev regime, which chooses to escalate military confrontation with Russia and irresponsibly ignores constructive proposals aimed at finding a peaceful solution to the conflict.”
It should not be forgotten that Ukraine and NATO intelligence have been held responsible for the assassination of Lieutenant General Igor Kirillov, head of Russia’s Troops of Radiological, Chemical, and Biological Defense.
The Foreign Ministry expressed its sincere condolences to Moskalik’s family and friends.
The statement said that an investigative task force is working at the crime scene.
“According to it, the explosion was triggered by the detonation of an improvised explosive device containing destructive elements. A criminal case has been opened, which is being handled by the Main Investigative Department of the Investigative Committee of Russia,” it read.
Circumstances of the blast
A car explosion in the city of Balashikha near Moscow killed Yaroslav Moskalik, deputy chief of the Main Operations Directorate of the General Staff of the Russian Armed Forces, Russian Investigative Committee Spokeswoman Svetlana Petrenko said. The blast was caused by an improvised explosive device. An investigation is underway.
TASS has put together key facts about the incident.The car exploded near building No. 2 at Nesterova Boulevard in Balashikha. One person was killed.
The person is Yaroslav Moskalik, deputy chief of the Main Operations Directorate of the General Staff of the Russian Armed Forces, the Russian Investigative Committee said.
According to the Investigative Committee, the explosion was set off by the detonation of an improvised explosive device filled with submunitions.
According to emergency response officials, the device had the explosive power of more than 300 grams of TNT. Its fragments will be sent for examination.
Yaroslav Moskalik, 59, served as deputy chief of the Main Operations Directorate of the General Staff of the Russian Armed Forces. He was represented the Defense Ministry in a variety of negotiations.
Many Terroristic Attacks in Russia in the Asymmetric Warfare by Kiev-NATO
have been perpetrated in Russia since the beginning of the conflict with an asymmetric warfare strategy of Kiev and NATO intelligence.
The most serious is certainly the one that occurred on March 22, 2024 in the Crocus City Hall concert hall in Krasnogorsk, in Moscow Oblast, which caused 145 deaths and 551 injuries.
The investigation led to the arrest of several Tajik jihadists with macroscopic ties to Ukraine but also with close financial correlations with a former director of the CIA
Putin: “Ukrainian army’s rout in Kursk Region brings defeat of neo-Nazi regime closer”
The liberation of the Kursk Region from Ukrainian troops creates conditions for Russian forces to develop success in other frontline areas and brings the defeat of the neo-Nazi regime closer, Russian President Vladimir Putin said at a meeting with Chief of the General Staff Valery Gerasimov on Saturday.
The military chief reported to President Putin that the Kursk Region had been completely liberated from Ukrainian troops.
“The enemy’s complete rout in the borderline Kursk Region creates conditions for further successful operations by our troops in other major frontline areas and brings the defeat of the neo-Nazi regime closer,” the Russian leader said.
The Kiev regime’s venture has failed completely and the enemy has suffered huge losses, Putin said.
“The Kiev regime’s venture has failed completely while the huge losses suffered by the enemy, in particular, those among the most combat-fit, best prepared and equipped Ukrainian army units, including the formations provided with Western equipment – and these are assault units and special operations forces – will undoubtedly have their impact along the entire engagement line,” the Russian leader said.
Putin congratulated Russian fighters and commanders on the complete rout of the Ukrainian army in the borderline Kursk Region.
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