Deputy Commander of the Russian Special Operations Forces Training Center was shot dead at close range near Moscow

16 October, 2024 Chevron of the training center of the SOF of the Armed Forces of Russia. Photo from open sources The deputy commander of the Special Operations Forces Training Center of the Russian Armed Forces was shot dead at close range near Moscow.

Baza reported on this. Nikita Klenkov, 44, who was shot in the village of Melenka in the Moscow region, returned from the war in Ukraine only a week ago. The site of Klenkov's murder is less than a 20-minute drive from the Russian Special Operations Forces Training Center.

According to the vchkogpu Telegram channel, Klenkov was a deputy commander of a military unit. He served in one of the special forces units.

Soldiers of the Special Operations Forces of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation. Photo credits: Russian Ministry of Defense

According to the leaks, the shot soldier served in the military unit 43292 - the Training Center for Special Operations Forces of the Russian Armed Forces, Vazhnye Istorii discovered.

The executed man was registered at this center's address in Solnechnogorsk-2. In the contacts of some users, he is listed as "Nikita Aleksandrovich Kenkov SOF" and "SOF of the Russian Defense Ministry 92xx." In addition, according to the geolocation data of the leaks, Klenkov ordered Yandex Food delivery to the headquarters of the Main Directorate of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation and visited a clinic near the building of the Main Directorate of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation.

The car in which the shot deputy commander of the center of the SOF of the Russian Federation was traveling.

Freeze frame from the video of the Investigative Committee of Russia

He owned a Hyundai Palisade - he was shot dead in a car of the same model, according to the video published by the IC.


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The victim also owned a Mercedes Benz E300, an American-made Hummer H3 SUV, and a Ford.

According to Baza, a gray Mitsubishi Outlander is being searched for on suspicion of killing the officer.

According to the channel's sources, the killer fired eight bullets at Klenkov.