Russia accused Ukraine of being behind the car bombing near Moscow that killed General-lieutenant Yaroslav Moskalik.

Russia said it arrested a man suspected in the murder of a senior military official near Moscow and claimed that a car bomb had been activated remotely from Ukraine.

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.

All Ukrainian troops have been forced from parts of Russia’s Kursk region, which Moscow lost control of last year to a surprise Ukrainian incursion, Russia’s top general said in a Kremlin meeting Satu

Russian President Vladimir Putin hailed on Saturday what he called the complete failure of an offensive by Ukrainian forces into Russia's Kursk region after they were expelled from the last village Moscow said they had been holding.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said Sunday Ukraine's army was still fighting in Russia's Kursk despite Moscow claiming the "liberation" of its western region, as Washington signalled a "critical week" ahead for negotiations.