Ukraine killed a senior Russian officer in a long-range missile strike this week. Lt Gen Oleg Tsokov is the latest in a series of senior Russian officers killed in Ukraine. The blast hit a hotel housing Russian officers in the occupied city of Berdiansk, far from the front lines. The recent acquisition of Storm Shadow missiles means Ukraine can reach Russian top brass in places that used to be safe. The missiles have a range of 150 miles, almost triple that of the missiles Ukraine was previously using.

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Persons: Gen Oleg Tsokov, Russia's, Ian Williams, Williams, Stanislav Rzhitsky, Rzhitsky, Sergei Surovikin, Wagner Organizations: Service, Russian, Shadow, Nikkei, Center for Strategic, International Studies, Storm Locations: Ukraine, Russian, Wall, Silicon, Berdiansk, Donetsk, Luhansk, Russia, Russia's, Krasnodar