A Russian general accused by Ukraine of ordering the 2024 missile strike on Kyiv’s Okhmatdyt children’s hospital was critically wounded in a shooting in Russia’s Saratov Oblast on Thursday, Sept. 3, according to an unverified report. The Russian Telegram channel Dosye Shpiona claimed that Maj. Gen. Nikolai Varpakhovich was attacked at around 7 a.m. outside a private home in the settlement of Probuzhdenie.JOIN US ON TELEGRAMFollow our coverage of the war on the @Kyivpost_official. “Two shots were fired from a pistol, targeting the head and abdomen,” the channel said. Varpakhovich was reportedly hospitalized in critical condition. The attacker had not been detained at the time of the channel’s report. Kyiv Post could not independently verify the claim. Russian law enforcement authorities and major state media had not publicly confirmed the reported shooting at the time of publication. Who is Nikolai Varpakhovich? Varpakhovich commands the 22nd Heavy Bomber Aviation Division of the Russian Aerospace Forces’ Long-Range Aviation branch, whose aircraft have conducted missile attacks against Ukraine. The division operates Tu-95MS (NATO: “Bear”) and Tu-160 (NATO: “Blackjack”) strategic bombers capable of launching Kh-101 air-launched cruise missiles (ALCMs), as well as nuclear and other heavy conventional weapons. Ukraine’s Security Service (SBU) announced on Monday that it had notified Varpakhovich in absentia of suspicion of war crimes resulting in deaths.