Smoke was seen in the air above the Chkalovsky airfield which was also hit by a massive fire in September 2023.

A Russian military officer who had recently returned from fighting in Ukraine has been assassinated in what looks like an organised hit in a village in the Moscow region, the TASS state news agency reported on Wednesday.

Nikita Klenkov, a deputy commander of a unit for Russia's military intelligence agency (GRU), was shot dead in Moscow Oblast by an unknown assailant, Russian state-controlled media reported on Oct. 16.

Nikita Klenkov, 44, was reportedly gunned down inside of a car in the village of Melenki in the Moscow region.

A high-ranking officer in Russia’s military intelligence agency (GRU), Nikita Klenkov, was shot dead in Moscow Oblast, according to reports by Russian state-controlled media on October 16. The 44-year-old Klenkov served as the deputy commander of GRU unit 43292,

The incident occurred in the Moscow suburb, where an unknown assailant shot 44-year-old Nikita Klenkov, who had recently returned from the war in Ukraine, according to the Russian media outlet RBC. Read also: Russian GRU colonel killed in Crocus City Hall shooting The Telegram channel VChK-OGPU reported that Klenkov was the deputy commander of a

In the Moscow Oblast, an unknown assailant shot at point-blank range into the car belonging to Nikita Klenkov, deputy commander of a military unit. The 44-year-old combatant who had returned just a week ago from the war against Ukraine was killed on the spot.