Ukraine says it is behind assassination of Russian general Igor Kirillov in Moscow | DW News
December 17, 2024
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as posted by the channelIn Moscow, a senior Russian general has been killed by a bomb hidden in an electric scooter. A Ukrainian official said the country's security service carried out the attack.
The blast on Monday morning took place outside an apartment block a few kilometers from the Kremlin. Russian authorities say Lieutenant General Igor Kirillov and an assistant were killed. Kirillov was the head of Russia's 'Nuclear, Biological and Chemical Protection Forces. Just yesterday, Ukraine charged Kirillov with using banned chemical weapons during Russia's war efforts.
For more on this, we talk to Russian affairs analyst Konstantin Eggert, who joins us from Vilnius.
And we talk to DW's Nick Connolly in Kyiv.
And we talk to DW's Nick Connolly in Kyiv.
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