According to the Ukrainian Main Intelligence Directorate, five vehicles burned and three Russian captains died: one each from the intelligence, air-defense and infantry corps. It was the second HIMARS strike in three days targeting Russian officers near the front line of Russia’s 34-month wider war on Ukraine.

The airport of the Russian city of Kazan suspended flights to "ensure the safety of civilian aircraft flights," the press secretary of Russia's Federal Air Transport Agency Artem Korenyako reported on its Telegram channel on Dec.

The Russian official didn’t comment on statements blaming Wednesday’s Azerbaijan Airlines crash on Russian air defenses responding to a Ukrainian attack.

Ukraine has killed three high-ranking Russian officers in a coordinated strike using HIMARS missiles and drones in the Zaporizhzhia region. Kyiv first deployed U.S.-made HIMARS missiles, followed by drones,

Kyiv says the double-tap strike killed three high-ranking military officials and destroyed several vehicles in occupied Zaporizhzhia.

The Defense Forces eliminated three officers of the Russian army in the Zaporizhzhia region. The occupiers gathered for a meeting and were taken out by HIMARS, according to the Main Directorate of Intelligence of Ukraine (DIU).