Russia confirms death of Putin commander’s son-in-law in Moscow restaurant blast…but is covering up IDs of other victims

RUSSIA has confirmed the son-in-law of one of Vladimir Putin’s top commanders was killed in a restaurant blast in Moscow – but stopped short of revealing the identities of the other victims. Daniil Peredriy, 27, died in the explosion during the lavish 55th birthday party of Russian Aerospace Forces commander-in-chief Alexander Chayko. Daniil Peredriy was killed in a Moscow restaurant blast Credit: East2West The bomber is believed to have targeted the birthday party of commander Alexander Chayko (pictured) Credit: East2West Chayko escaped the blast unhurt, but his 25-year-old daughter Maria reportedly suffered a “traumatic brain injury”. Five others were killed in the explosion, but Russian authorities have yet to identify them. Sign up for The Sun newsletter Thank you! It has fuelled growing speculation that several of the dead were senior figures from Putin’s military and intelligence services. A Russian state database has now confirmed Peredriy’s death. Chayko was the commander of Russian forces on the Kyiv front during the Bucha Massacre Credit: East2West Peredriy married Chayko’s daughter in June last year Credit: East2West “One of his personal documents was declared invalid on August 1, the day of the terrorist attack at the Balzi Rossi restaurant,” the report said. Former professional ice hockey player Peredriy married Chayko’s daughter in June last year. The couple had organised the lavish £85,000 birthday celebration for her military father on Saturday. The exclusive Balzi Rossi restaurant was packed with senior Kremlin insiders, high-ranking military officers, FSB agents and government officials. Most read in The Sun A popular Telegram channel claimed: “The bomb, carried by a female suicide bomber, detonated as a vehicle with flashing lights approached the veranda. “All the circumstances surrounding the identities of the event’s guests, the injured and the deceased are being carefully concealed.” Many were seriously injured after a bomb ripped through the flashy Moscow restaurant Credit: Ilya Lazarev/TASS The Stalin-era building in central Moscow hosts an upmarket, exclusive Italian restaurant Credit: AP According to reports, the bomb was hidden inside a gift intended for Chayko. The female courier may have been unaware she was carrying an explosive device capable of being detonated remotely. Another 20 people were wounded in the blast, which rocked the foundations of the Stalin-era high-rise overlooking Moscow’s Kudrinskaya Square. Chayko was appointed commander of the Russian Aerospace Forces in May 2026. Ukraine has designated him a wanted “war criminal” over his alleged role in commanding Russian troops responsible for the 2022 Bucha massacre. Russian forces under his command are accused of carrying out mass rapes, torture and executions in the town, just west of Kyiv, during the opening weeks of Putin’s full-scale invasion. More than 450 civilians were killed in what is widely regarded as one of the worst atrocities of the war. It comes as another senior Russian commander was reportedly killed by a Ukrainian FPV drone. Major General Dmitry Mikhailov, 39, one of Putin’s youngest generals, is said to have suffered fatal injuries while travelling in an armoured Tigr vehicle. He had allegedly ignored repeated warnings about the threat posed by Ukrainian drones before entering the combat zone. Mikhailov has also been accused of war crimes during Russia‘s occupation of the Izium region, with Ukrainian investigators naming him among those responsible. More than a dozen Russian generals have been killed since Moscow launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine. Comment now