Colonel Rossi was killed in a car bomb attack in St. Petersburg, an explosive device reportedly flown from the Baltics.
A Russian armed forces colonel was killed overnight when his car exploded in St Petersburg.
An explosive device planted under the car was remotely detonated as it left a residential yard. His branch has not been given an official name, but scraps of information on social media indicate that he served in the Russian Air Force and Space Force. A criminal case has been opened.
The attack occurred in the same district of St. Petersburg where a similar car bomb explosion occurred in August.
According to a report by the Fontanka network in St. Petersburg, had already left Russia before the explosion. According to reports, the device was flown from the Baltics using a balloon, and he collected it in the forest.