A top Russian military officer, Maj. Gen. Andrei Sukhovetsky, was killed in combat earlier in the week, according to multiple media outlets. A sniper shot is said to be the reason behind the death although details remain unclear. Sukhovetsky, Deputy Commander of the 41st Combined Arms Army of the Russian Ground Forces, was killed during a special operation in Ukraine, Russian outlet Pravda reported citing a social media post by Sukhovetsky’s comrade-in-arms Sergey Chipilev. “With great pain, we learned the tragic news of the death of our friend, Major General Andrey Sukhovetsky, on the territory of Ukraine during the special operation. We express our deepest condolences to his family,” Chipilev wrote on the Russian social media network VKontakte. Volodymyr Omelyan, Ukraine’s former minister of infrastructure, confirmed the 47-year-old’s demise to Fox News Digital, while the U.S. government is yet to confirm it. Dan Hoffman, a former CIA officer, said to …