An explosive device hidden in an electric scooter detonated near an apartment block in southeastern Moscow, resulting in the deaths of Igor Kirillov and his aide.
Ukraine claimed responsibility for the Tuesday strike in Moscow that murdered Igor Kirillov, the head of Russia’s chemical weapons section, according to AFP. Since the Kremlin’s invasion of Ukraine, this is the most well-known assassination of a Russian military official.
Russian and Ukrainian officials said that an explosive device hidden in an electric scooter went off near an apartment block in southeastern Moscow, killing Kirillov and his aide.
The assault happened in a Moscow neighborhood a day after President Vladimir Putin celebrated Russian military victories in Ukraine. It is almost the third year of the Kremlin’s military war against its pro-Western neighbor.
According to Russia’s Investigative Committee, which deals with serious crimes, the explosion happened outside an apartment complex.
Russian General, killed in the blast, is exactly who?
- The Investigative Committee of Russia reported that an electric scooter packed with a bomb exploded, killing Lieutenant General Igor Kirillov, who led the country’s Nuclear, Biological, and Chemical Protection Troops. His aide also died in the explosion, outside an apartment compound.
- Ukraine is accused of assassinating Kirillov. He was the highest-ranking Russian military officer to be killed in Russia at the age of 54. His passing is anticipated to prompt a review of security protocols for high-ranking military leaders.
- Kirillov ran Russia’s defense units to protect soldiers from radioactive, chemical, and biological threats in areas affected by radiation, chemicals, or biological agents.
- Ukrainian prosecutors accused him in absentia of allegedly utilizing prohibited chemical weapons one day before he died. According to the Kyiv Independent, allegations made by Ukraine’s SBU served as the basis for the charges.
- Kirillov has been in charge since 2017, but his organization was not in charge of Russia’s nuclear arsenal. A day before his murder, Kyiv filed accusations against him for allegedly committing war crimes against Ukraine.
- Russia has refuted claims that it has used chemical weapons in combat. On state television, Kirillov made regular accusations against Ukraine for breaking nuclear safety regulations. He was a married man with two sons and frequently blamed the West for several alleged transgressions.
- Britain sanctioned Kirillov and his troops in October. The reason given was that they had used riot control agents. There had been numerous accusations that they had used the poisonous choking toxin chloropicrin in combat. Ukraine claims that Russia uses these substances to confuse its soldiers and make them easier targets for attacks.
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