Top Putin general survives ‘assassination bid’ as ‘daughter wounded & son-in-law killed’ in deadly Moscow bombing

A TOP Putin warmonger cheated death after a suicide bomber let off a homemade explosive device at an elite Moscow restaurant, killing five. Alexander Chayko, commander-in-chief of the Russian Aerospace Forces, was throwing his 55th birthday bash when the blast ripped through the luxury venue. Col-Gen Alexander Chayko survived an assassination attempt while throwing a £85k birthday bash Credit: East2West Five people were killed when a homemade bomb ripped through a high-end Moscow restaurant Credit: Ilya Lazarev/TASS The general’s son-in-law is said to have been killed and his daughter left seriously injured in the murder plot. Another 20 were wounded in the blast, which shook the foundations of the Stalinist high-rise in central Moscow‘s Kudrinskaya Square. Sign up for The Sun newsletter Thank you! The £85,000 party was hosted at the high-end Balzi Rossi restaurant and attended by top Kremlin cronies, as well as high-ranking military figures, FSB spooks and bureaucrats. An unidentified woman brought a homemade bomb packed with ball bearings inside a “gift” for the Colonel-General, which exploded with the force of two and half pounds of TNT. Chayko’s son-in-law Daniil Peredriy was reportedly killed and his daughter Maria Peredriy left with serious injuries Credit: East2West Chayko was the commander of Russian forces on the Kyiv front during the Bucha Massacre Credit: East2West The device suddenly detonated as security guards were inspecting the package and other guests were arriving. The woman, a security officer from the Kremlin’s Federal Protective Service and one of the partygoers were killed instantly. Daniil Peredriy, 27, Chayko’s son-in-law and a former professional ice hockey player, was one of two people who reportedly died in hospital today. His wife — the general’s daughter — Maria Peredriy, 25, is said to have suffered an “open traumatic brain injury” in the blast. Most read in The Sun Chayko was listed as a war criminal by Ukraine after his troop committed barbaric mass rapes and tortures Credit: East2West Russian police cordon off the blast site at Kudrinskaya Square in central Moscow Credit: Getty The bomber may have been a courier who was unaware that she was carrying an explosive. Kyiv is suspected to be behind the attack because Chayko – a decorated Russian war hero whom Ukraine formally listed as a war criminal in June – is behind a string of ruthless aerial bombings across the war. Ukrainian forces also blitzed his Engels-2 airbase in the Saratov region today. In 2022, Chayko commanded Russian forces on the Kyiv front. His troops carried out barbaric mass rapes, tortures, and murders in Bucha, west of the capital, during Putin’s initial invasion. More than 450 were killed in what is seen as one of the worst Russian war crimes of the conflict. It comes as another high-flying Russian bloodhound was killed by a Ukrainian FPV drone. Dmitry Mikhailov, 39, one of Putin’s youngest generals, had been seriously wounded while travelling in an armoured Tigr vehicle. He was allegedly travelling through the war zone after dismissing warnings about Ukrainian drones. Mikhailov has been linked to war crimes in Russia’s brutal occupation of the Izium area. Ukrainian investigators branded Mikhailov a war criminal over his command of the embattled region. More than a dozen Russian generals have died in the war. Comment now