Secret Kremlin Funeral Torpedoes Putin’s ‘Victory’ Brags

POOL New / REUTERS While Russia’s Vladimir Putin has spent much of this week promising “victory” in his war, details have leaked of a secret funeral for one of his top military officials believed to have been killed just steps from the Kremlin. Alexander Chayko, the newly appointed commander of Russia’s Aerospace Forces, was widely reported to be the target of Saturday’s deadly bombing at the Balzi Rossi restaurant in Moscow, where five people were killed and more than a dozen wounded. The…