The blast appeared to be similar to previous attacks on Russians linked to Moscow's military offensive in Ukraine.

Moscow has been in control of the peninsula for more than 11 years after it annexed the territory from Kyiv in 2014.

LONDON -- A car bomb in Moscow has killed a senior Russian military ... Tatyana Makeyeva/AFP via Getty Images Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov blamed Ukraine for the explosion.

Russia and Ukraine on Saturday confirmed they had exchanged hundreds of prisoners in the largest such swap since Moscow ...