Ukraine bomb kills Russian Colonel in St. Petersburg
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The victim has been identified as Dmitry Lobodin, 57, chief navigator of Russia’s 6th Air and Air Defence Army.
A Russian colonel has been killed in a car bomb attack in St. Petersburg blamed on Ukraine.
The explosion occurred on Kolpinsky Prospekt on Thursday while the officer was driving his SUV.
According to Russian outlet Fontanka, a remote controlled explosive device had been attached to the underside of the vehicle. It detonated as the car left the courtyard of a residential building.
The victim has been identified as Dmitry Lobodin, 57, chief navigator of Russia’s 6th Air and Air Defence Army.
Independent outlet Agentstvo reported that the house where Lobodin is registered is located 400 metres from the site of the explosion.
TV channel 78 also identified the dead officer as the chief navigator of the 6th Air and Air Defence Army, a senior figure in Vladimir Putin’s air force.
Ukraine’s Book of Executioners website alleges Lobodin “directly participated in the open military invasion.”