A Russian general has been killed in an apparent car bombing in Moscow, the country’s investigative committee said in a statement on Monday.

A Russian general was killed by a car bomb in Moscow on Monday, the latest in a growing list of military officials and other pro-war figures to be assassinated since the start of the war in Ukraine.

The latest high-profile figure to be assassinated since Russia 's invasion of Ukraine is Lieutenant General Fanil Sarvarov.