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

Vladimir Putin has been dealt another blow after a military airfield in the Moscow oblast was the scene of a huge fire on Wednesday. Images shared online showed black smoke billowing above the airfield in Chkalovsky. The airfield is located in the city of Shchelkovo, 20 miles northeast of Moscow's city centre.

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.

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

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.

A high-ranking Russian military officer was assassinated on Wednesday, just days after returning from the Ukrainian frontline, in what is believed to be a well-planned attack. The victim, identified as 44-year-old Nikita Klenkov,

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