Yaroslav Moskalik, a senior Russian general, has died in a car bombing in the Russian city of Balashikha on Friday, according to authorities, with news of the blast breaking just as US President Donald Trump’s special envoy Steve Witkoff was expected to meet with Russian leader Vladimir Putin in Moscow.

U.S. President Donald Trump's envoy Steve Witkoff met President Vladimir Putin in Moscow on Friday at what Trump has said is a key moment in diplomacy to end the war in Ukraine. Witkoff has emerged as Washington's key interlocutor with Putin as Trump pushes for a deal to end the war,