A high-ranking Russian special forces officer has been killed near Moscow, sparking intrigue and raising questions about possible connections to the ongoing war in Ukraine. Nikita Klenkov, deputy commander of the Special Operations Forces Training Center and a veteran of the war in Ukraine, was reportedly shot dead on October 16th. Read: Russia Reportedly Collaborating With China To Develop Attack Drones For Use In Ukraine Russian authorities are treating the incident as a contract killing but have not publicly assigned blame to Ukraine or any other parties. Klenkov’s death comes amidst rising…