New mysterious murder in Moscow. General Igor Kirillov, the commander of the Russian army’s nuclear defense units, and his deputy died in the bomb attack in the capital. This was announced by the Investigative Committee of Russia; Accordingly, “the explosive device placed on an electric scooter located near the entrance of a residential building was activated this morning on Riazanski Boulevard in Moscow.”
Igor Kirillov was killed in Moscow: what we know
Kirillov was the head of the army’s radiological, chemical and biological forces. The ambush took place in front of an apartment building about 7 km southeast of the Kremlin. Some photos published on Russian Telegram channels show the entrance of a building filled with rubble and two bodies lying on bloody snow. An investigation was opened into the incident.
Investigators and forensic experts are working in the area along with other emergency service operators, Russian news agency Tass reported. Investigations are ongoing to determine the “full circumstances” of the crash. Kirillov was sanctioned by the United Kingdom last October for “barbaric deployment of chemical weapons in Ukraine”.
Kirillov had been sanctioned by the UK and US for allegedly using chemical weapons on the battlefield in Ukraine, and just a day before the attack, on December 16, the Ukrainian Security Service SBU had accused the general of using banned chemical weapons.
Source: Today IT
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