VIDEO Explosion near an important train station in Moscow. A police officer was killed / Announcement made by Russian officials
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A man detonated an explosive device near a police patrol car in the center of Moscow on the night of Monday to Tuesday. As a result of the explosion, one officer died and two others were injured, the Russian Ministry of the Interior announced, reports The Guardian.
The explosion occurred shortly after midnight in the square of the Saviolovsky station, according to the Russian ministry's statement on Telegram.
Saviolovsky railway station, located in the northern part of Moscow, is one of the 10 main railway terminals of the Russian capital and serves as the main hub for suburban routes to the north of the capital.
According to the Russian Interior Ministry, the attacker approached the traffic police officers in their patrol car and then detonated an explosive device. The attacker died at the scene.
According to Russian state news agency TASS, the targeted patrol car was badly damaged but did not catch fire. Local news agencies published images showing a police vehicle with broken windows near the railway tracks.
The area was cordoned off by police and several ambulances were sent to the scene.
🚨 Explosion near Savyolovsky Station in Moscow — bomber and police officer killed
An unidentified man detonated an explosive device next to a traffic police vehicle with officers inside in Moscow. The incident occurred around midnight near Savyolovsky railway station — the man… pic.twitter.com/vcwFbWtjGH
— NEXTA (@nexta_tv) February 24, 2026
The ministry initially said the perpetrator had fled. Minutes later, Russian officials said the man was found dead at the scene after inspecting the scene and reviewing surveillance footage.
Russian authorities did not provide details about the explosive or the attacker's motive. Russia's Investigative Committee, which investigates serious crimes, said it had opened a case of attempted murder of a law enforcement officer and illegal possession of explosive devices.
Attacks against some policemen in Ukraine as well
In Lviv, western Ukraine, a 23-year-old policewoman was killed and a patrol car and a civilian vehicle were damaged after multiple explosive devices detonated on 22 February. The mayor of Lviv, Andrii Sadovii, qualified the incident as a terrorist act. Authorities have not revealed who was suspected of carrying out the attack.
Two days after the incident, on Monday evening, another explosion injured seven Ukrainian police officers in the southern Ukrainian city of Mykolaiv, two of them seriously, Ukrainian authorities announced.
The head of the Ukrainian national police, Ivan Vighivski, without giving details about the origin of the explosion, denounced “a targeted attack” by the “enemy” to kill Ukrainian police officers and “destabilize the country”.
Series of attacks in Moscow
In December 2025, two policemen were killed in an explosion in southern Moscow as they tried to stop a suspicious person near their vehicle, near where a Russian general had been killed days before.
Moreover, during the four years of war in Ukraine, a series of assassinations of Russian army officials took place on Russian territory.
Earlier this month, a senior Russian military intelligence officer was shot multiple times and wounded in an attack Moscow blamed on Kiev.
