The founder of a pro-Russian militia group in eastern Ukraine, described by authorities in Kyiv as a “criminal mastermind”, has died following a bombing in central Moscow, according to Russian state media.

Armen Sargsyan, the leader of a paramilitary unit wanted by Ukraine, died from his injuries following an explosion on Monday morning.

Armen Sargsyan, the leader of a pro-Russian paramilitary group in eastern Ukraine, died in a hospital after he was injured in an explosion in Moscow on Monday, Russian officials said.

A Ukrainian separatist wanted by Kyiv was killed in a “carefully planned” explosion at a luxury apartment block in north-west Moscow on Monday.

Russian security forces allege Ukraine's role behind the bomb blast in Moscow. Sarkisyan, a pro-Russian leader, was on the wanted list of Kyiv for a long time

A pro-Russia paramilitary leader from eastern Ukraine has been killed in a bombing at a luxury apartment building in Moscow, in what Russian state media called an “assassination”. The blast tore through the lobby of the Alye Parusa (Scarlet Sails) high-rise complex in the north-west of the Russian capital, about seven miles from the Kremlin.

Armen Sarkisyan, who Ukraine's security service said had been aiding "illegal armed groups" in Donetsk, died after a blast in the lobby of an apartment complex.

MOSCOW - A pro-Russian paramilitary leader from eastern Ukraine was killed on Feb 3 when a bomb tore through parts of a luxury apartment block in Moscow, reported state news agency Tass and other Russian media. Tass called the bombing a well-planned assassination.

Armen Sarkisyan, the founder of a separatist battalion fighting in eastern Ukraine, died after an explosion in an apartment complex, according to reports citing the Russian authorities.