Top Russian Defense Official Dies In Fall From High-Rise

The New York Post reports:

A high-ranking Russian defense official in the war against Ukraine was found dead Wednesday after falling from a 16th-floor window in an apartment building.

Marina Yankina, 58, was discovered by a passerby at the entrance of a high-rise on Zamshina Street in St. Petersburg, Russian news Telegram channel Mash reported.

She is believed to have fallen 160 feet to her death. Her personal belongings and documents were found on a 16th-floor balcony in the building. Mash reported that a few minutes before allegedly taking her own life, Yankina called her ex-husband and told him what she was about to do.

Read the full article. “Suicide.”

Top Putin war official plunges 160 feet to her death from high-rise building https://t.co/Vb2JYog6dI pic.twitter.com/JPapTUTE6N

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