Russian officer who returned from the war against Ukraine was shot in Russia

The car in which the officer was shot. Photo: Russian mass media

In the Moscow region of the Russian Federation, the deputy commander of the Special Operations Training Center of the Armed Forces of the aggressor state was shot dead. The attacker was lucky to escape.

This was reported by Russian mass media on Wednesday, October 16.

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Shooting of the Main Intelligence Directorate officer

An officer of the Russian Main Intelligence Directorate, 44-year-old Nikita Klenkov, returned from the war in Ukraine about a week ago. An unknown person shot the car in which Klenkov was at close range, putting at least eight bullets into him.

The shooter managed to escape, Russian media reports.

The Russian Telegram channel says that Klenkov was the deputy commander of a military unit. He served in one of the special forces units. It is about the training center of Special Operations Forces.

In addition, according to the geolocation data of the sources, Klenkov ordered the delivery of food to the headquarters of the MID, and also visited the polyclinic near the MID building.

Previously, we reported that a car exploded in Russia, in which Andrey Torgashov, the deputy chief of the radio center of the military satellite communications unit, was traveling. It is reported that the incident took place in the northern part of the Russian capital, Moscow.

It should be recalled that Russia tried to kill Armin Papperger, the general director of the German arms concern Rheinmetall. However, the United States of America and Germany prevented Moscow's plans.