INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
A Russian soldier was killed early Wednesday when his car exploded in Sevastopol, a major port city in annexed Crimea, in what officials say
was likely caused by an improvised explosive device.Sevastopol Governor Mikhail Razvozhayev said emergency services received a call about a
vehicle exploding and then catching fire just before 10:00 a.m
into the incident after law enforcement officials said the explosion was likely caused by an improvised explosive device attached to the
bottom of the vehicle.Video and photos posted on social media showed the car wreckage
The entire vehicle was badly damaged and the front grill and bumper were torn off.An unverified report by the Telegram news channel Baza,
which has purported links to Russian security services, claimed that the soldier, identified as 47-year-old Valery T., was a captain of the
been regularly targeted in assassination plots since the full-scale invasion of Ukraine.
