The BMW The explosion occurred when the car started to move away from the parking lot. The driver was still alive immediately after the explosion. They tried to help him, but he died instantly.
in Investigation Committee and Public Prosecutor’s Office The Moscow Region confirmed that an explosion had occurred in Balashikha, but did not mention the name of the deceased driver. The Investigative Committee stated that a criminal case had been opened, but it was not determined under what article.
According to telegraph channels, the dead man was the head of the Main Missile and Artillery Directorate (GRAU) of the Russian Ministry of Defense, Damir Davydov. The telegraph channel “VChK-OGPU”, advisor to the Ukrainian Minister of Defense, wrote about it Sergey Sternenkoas well as the Ukrainian edition Inside UA. Davydov’s death was also confirmed by a source from the Astra Telegram channel. He added that the explosive device was located under the car. by Data The power of the device reaches 500 grams of TNT, Kommersant newspaper reported.
Damir Davidov imported To the site database. by Data Ukrainian Resources Davydov was 57 years old, grew up in the closed city of Penza 19 (Zarychny), and his father Rafail Davydov worked at the START Production Association, which produced nuclear missiles. The Russian Telegram channel Shot is close to the security forces booksThat Davidov was 62 years old.
In Russian sources, mention of Davydov can be found in Publications Ministry of Defense newspaper “Red Star” dated December 2009. There he is called the commander of the Central Testing Technical Bureau of the 51st Arsenal of the Main Missile and Artillery Directorate of the Ministry of Defense and is referred to as a colonel. Another mention of Davidoff Applicable By 2019, when, as part of a military delegation of the Russian Ministry of Defense, he came to Kazakhstan as head of the GRAU department.
By the evening of June 9, Russian law enforcement agencies had not announced the name of the person killed in the car explosion in Balashikha, either in official reports or according to a source in state media. “Agency” edition Notesthat previously, in the case of similar incidents, the names of the victims of high-profile assassination attempts became known on the same day.
The small area of Aviator in Balashikha, where this explosion occurred, was originally planned as housing for military pensioners, books “an agency”. Here, in April 2025, the car of the Deputy Chief of the Main Operations Directorate of the General Staff of the Russian Armed Forces, Lieutenant General Yaroslav Moskalyk, was blown up. The Investigative Committee opened the case of a terrorist attack committed on the instructions of the Security Service of Ukraine and arrested the perpetrator of the attack, Ignat Kozin. He was sentenced to life imprisonment in November.