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Igor Kirilov
Igor Kirillov died following an explosion near the Kremlin. Ukrainian security services claimed the murder.
O head of the Nuclea Defense Forcesr, Biological and Chemistry of Russia he was murdered in the early hours of this Tuesday.
Igor Kirillov and his assistant died following a explosion. The attack took place in a neighborhood just 7 km do Kremlin.
The Russian lieutenant general and his assistant were leaving a apartment when the explosion occurred.
The Russian Investigative Committee added that the explosive was hidden in a scooter.
According to the TASS agency, the bomb contained the equivalent of 300 grams of explosives; four floors of that building were hit, as were several cars.
The day before, Monday, the Ukrainian secret services (SBU) wrote on Telegram that Igor Kirillov was “responsible for the mass use of prohibited chemical weapons”quote or .
The United Kingdom had also already indicated that this Russian military officer had supervised the use of chemical weapons in Ukraine, in addition to being an “important spokesperson for Kremlin disinformation”.
Now, the Ukraine claims this attack.
Ukrainian security services on Tuesday claimed responsibility for the murder.
“Today’s bomb attack against Lieutenant General Igor Kirillov, commander of the radiological, chemical and biological defense troops of the Russian Armed Forces, was a special operation by the SBU,” a source commented to Agence France Presse.
