Responsibility for the killing has not yet been established, but if Ukrainian intelligence was behind the attack, it would amount to the targeted elimination of a senior commander responsible for Russian operations both abroad and in Ukraine. Sarvarov played a key role in organizing military campaigns in Syria in support of the Assad regime and in training senior officers for Russia's invasion. Viewed through this lens, the strike would be a calculated act against a commander linked to attacks on Ukrainian civilians, rather than an indiscriminate act of violence.