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A law enforcement officer inspects the site of a car explosion that killed a serviceman, in St Petersburg, Russia, on Thursday, 12 November 2026.

Video. Russian officer killed by car bomb as murder probe begins

Updated: 12 November 2026 - 11:48 GMT+1

Kyiv rarely claims responsibility for such attacks on Russian troops, but Ukrainian forces have previously used similar blasts to show that Russia’s security services are vulnerable.

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