Lieutenant General Yaroslav Moskalik, the main Russian Army General Staff planner for operations in Ukraine, was assassinated by a car bomb placed in a parked VW Golf.
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Lieutenant General Yaroslav Moskalik, the main Russian Army General Staff planner for operations in Ukraine, was assassinated by a car bomb placed in a parked VW Golf.
US Special Envoy to the Middle East Steve Witkoff met with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow on April 25, reportedly to secure a major Russian concession in a future peace deal.
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