Former Ukrainian official injured in Moscow car bombing

Russian media reported that Serhiy Zavhorotnyi, former spokesman for the Ukrainian government and director of the Information Technology Center at Primorsky State University, was seriously injured after an explosive device detonated beneath his car in southern Moscow on Friday.

According to the Kommersant newspaper, Zavhorotnyi, 72, was driving on Kirovohradskaya Street in the Chertanovo district when the blast occurred. Investigators are treating the incident as an "assassination attempt" and are examining the possible involvement of Ukrainian intelligence services.

Russian media said the explosive device was attached under the driver's side of the vehicle and detonated while the car was in motion. Zavhorotnyi was behind the wheel and was transported to hospital in what was described as a "serious" condition.