Un general rus acuzat de Ucraina pentru bombardarea în 2024 a spitalului de copii din Kiev a fost împușcat în Rusia, de un atacator aflat pe o motocicletă

Russian General Nikolai Varpahovici was shot twice by an unidentified assailant on a motorcycle near Engels Air Base. He was critically injured and transported to Moscow for medical care. Varpahovici is accused in absentia by Ukraine for a missile attack on a children's hospital in Kyiv in July 2024, which resulted in casualties. The attack on Varpahovici is part of a rising trend of assaults on Russian military figures recently.