Urgent| A dramatic assassination in Moscow…the killing of a general "Nuclear and chemical defense"
The authorities in Russia announced, Tuesday morning, the killing of a senior general who heads a unit responsible for protecting against nuclear, chemical and biological capabilities, in an explosion in the capital, Moscow.
Lieutenant General Igor Kirillov, who headed the "Chemical, Biological and Nuclear Defense Forces" was killed. – It is a special unit whose role is, among other things, to enable combat activity in conditions of radioactive, biological or chemical contamination – according to the report.
Russian authorities said The explosion It occurred when the Russian general left a residential building in the Rezinsky district, southeast of the city – A few kilometers from the Kremlin.
According to the Russian Investigative Committee, the body responsible for conducting investigations there, Kirillov’s assistant was also killed in the explosion – Which she says happened as a result of a bomb planted in an electric motorcycle. Photos distributed from the scene show a broken door in the building where the explosion occurred, damage to the facade, and two bodies lying in the snow in the street.
General Igor Kirillov was reportedly killed, Who headed the "Chemical, Biological and Nuclear Defense Forces" With his assistant in an explosion outside a house in Moscow – carried out by a bomb planted on an electric motorcycle.
Only last October, Britain imposed sanctions on Kirillov, claiming that he supervised the use of… Chemical weapons on the battlefield in Ukraine.
According to London, Kirillov’s forces used materials that are also used as a means of dispersing Demonstrations, in addition to the toxic substance chloropicrin, which causes cases of suffocation.
Just yesterday, an indictment was filed against him in Ukraine by the authorities Intelligence in Kiev, claiming that he is responsible for the "massive use" For banned chemical weapons.
The British accused Kirillov of also being an important factor in spreading "misleading propaganda" By the Kremlin.
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