Putin ally, commander of Russia’s nuclear bomber fleet, shot in head in suspected assassination
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Major General Nikolai Varpakhovich, 56, commander of Russia’s nuclear-capable bomber forces, was shot in the head outside his Saratov home by a motorbike assassin; his driver was wounded and he was evacuated to Moscow in critical condition. Ukraine had accused him of war crimes, including an attack on a Kyiv children’s hospital, but no suspect has been named and responsibility for the shooting remains unclaimed as tensions persist.
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