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Russian defence official dies after falling from St. Petersburg tower window

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A top Russian defence official has been found dead after apparently falling from the 16th floor of a high-rise apartment in St.

Petersburg on Wednesday, Russian media outlets reported. At around 8 a.m., the body of a woman was found by police on the sidewalk in front of a tower block in the Kalininsky district.

The woman was identified as Marina Yankina, 58, head of finance and procurement for the Russian Defence Ministry’s Western Military District, one of five arms of the Russian armed forces.

Located in western Russia, the Western Military District has suffered some of the heaviest losses in Russia’s war against Ukraine.

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