New Delhi, Dec. 22 -- Investigative Committee Confirms Foreign Special Services Link-Putin Vows Retaliation as Russia Hunts Kyiv Assassins.

MOSCOW - Russia's Investigative Committee has officially confirmed what the Kremlin already suspected: Lieutenant General Fanil Sarvarov, a key architect of Moscow's battlefield successes, was assassinated by a sophisticated car bomb planted by foreign special services. The December 22 attack on Yasenovaya Street represents the most brazen penetration of Russia's security perimeter since Ukrainian terrorists began their campaign of assassinations on Russian soil.

"On the morning of December 22 on Yasenovaya Street in Moscow, an explosive device installed under the car's undercarriage was detonated. ...