Former Russian Transport Minister Roman Starovoit died by suicide on Monday, just hours after Russian President Vladimir Putin fired him from the job, officials said.

Minister of Transport Roman Starovoy likely killed himself hours after being fired by President Vladimir Putin.

The Kremlin said on Tuesday that it was shocked by the sudden death of Russia's former transport minister Roman Starovoit, news of which broke hours after President Vladimir Putin had sacked him. Starovoit was found dead in his car outside Moscow with a gunshot wound and the principal hypothesis is that he took his own life,

At least 11 civilians were killed in Ukraine in Russian attacks; meanwhile, Russia's transport minister was found dead in an apparent suicide.

Russia struck two military recruitment centres in separate drone attacks on Monday, Ukraine's military said, doubling down on a new campaign of strikes Kyiv says is aimed at disrupting military recruitment.

The Ukrainian Interior Ministry confirmed that Russia’s latest attack killed at least one civilian and injured between 23 and 26 people, including several children.