A high-ranking Russian defence official has died after falling from a window of a building in St Petersburg.
Edited by Nikhil Pandey
Updated:
February 17, 2023 9:59 am IST
Marina Yankina was finance director of the Western Military District
Marina Yankina, a high-ranking
Russian defence official who headed the Russian Ministry of Defence's financial
support department, is said to have died after falling 16 storeys in St
Petersburg, according to The
Independent.
The news
source reported, citing sources in regional media, that Marina
Yankina's body was discovered by a bystander on the pavement of a residential
complex in St. Petersburg's Kalininsky area before 8 a.m. on Wednesday morning.
The 58-year-old was a key figure in boosting funding efforts for Putin's war in
Ukraine.
She was the finance director of
the Western Military District, one of Russia's five geographical battalions,
whose commander Mr Putin has changed several times since invading Ukraine last
February.
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While some of her possessions
were discovered in the 16-story building, it is thought that she did not reside
there and that it was actually her husband's apartment, according to Metro News.
According to The Independent, the
Western Military District confirmed one of its personnel had passed away but
would not comment further, directing local media to the authorities in charge
of the investigation.
Marina Yankina is the latest of
many Russians to have plunged to their deaths during the war between Russia and
Ukraine. Her death comes days after Major General Vladimir Makarov, a Russian
general, who was recently fired by Russian President Vladimir Putin, was found
dead in a suspected suicide, as per the news report.
Meanwhile, after stunning
Ukrainian counter-attacks forced Russian invaders into humiliating retreat on
several fronts in the second half of 2022, Moscow has rebounded with small but
steady advances in eastern Ukraine as the war's first anniversary nears on
February 24.
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