Russian general assassination 'fits a pattern', more to come from Ukraine's SBU, analyst says
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The head of the Russian army's chemical weapons division was killed Tuesday in a brazen Moscow attack reportedly claimed by Kyiv, the most senior military figure assassinated in Russia yet as the Kremlin's campaign in Ukraine drags on. Melinda Haring, advisor at Razom for Ukraine and a non-resident Senior Fellow at the Atlantic Council’s Eurasia Center, says the assassination in Moscow was a 'shocking embarrassment' for the Kremlin.