Ukraine's spies claim responsibility for bombing that killed Russian general in Moscow
Investigators work at the place where Lt. General Igor Kirillov, the head of Russia's Nuclear, Biological, and Chemical Defence Forces was killed by an explosive device planted close to a residential apartment's block in Moscow, Russia, December 17, 2024
A SENIOR Russian general was killed by a bomb hidden in a scooter outside his bloc of flats in Moscow today, a day after Ukraine’s security service levelled criminal charges against him.
A Ukrainian official said today that the country’s secret services carried out the hit on Lieutenant General Igor Kirillov, Russia’s military chief of nuclear, biological and chemical protection forces. His assistant also died in the attack.
Mr Kirillov, 54, was under sanctions from several countries, including Britain and Canada, for his actions in Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. On Monday, Ukraine’s Security Service (SBU) opened a criminal investigation against him, accusing him of directing the use of banned chemical weapons.
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