According to the investigation, on October 16 at about 9 o’clock an unknown person, while in a car on a dirt road in the village of Melenki, shot at least 3 times into the side window of the driver’s door of the car. As a result, the man died on the spot.
The soldier killed in the Moscow region turned out to be a high-ranking GRU officer and deputy commander of the Special Operations Forces Training Center of the Russian Armed Forces
The soldier Nikita Klenkov, killed in Solnechnogorsk near Moscow, served in military unit 43292, the Special Operations Forces Training Center, Important Stories found out . According to the VChK-OGPU Telegram channel, Klenkov held the post of deputy commander of the military unit.
The murdered man was registered at the address of this center in the city of Solnechnogorsk-2. At the same time, in the contacts of some users he appeared as “Klenkov Nikita Aleksandrovich Sso” and “Sso Mo Rf 92Ххх”.
According to leaks that the publication has reviewed, Klenkov ordered Yandex Food delivery to the GRU headquarters and also visited a clinic near the GRU building.
Klenkov was shot 20 minutes away from the Special Operations Forces Training Center.
TASS reported that Klenkov returned from Ukraine a week ago.
Melenki is ~300km east of Moscow. This guy thought he was safe.
Turns out it wasn’t the distance that got him killed, but the job. Because this sure as shit wasn’t just a happy little accident.
Could also have been an inside job. Maybe somebody really wanted that promotion.
CSI:Moscow