The Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) on Tuesday killed Russian Lieutenant General Igor Kirillov in a special operation in Moscow, an agency source told Reuters.
The source said kyiv considered Kirillov a war criminal and an “absolutely legitimate target”, accused of ordering the use of banned chemical weapons against Ukrainian forces. In the war, they said he was behind nuclear technology and chemical elements. “The liquidation of the head of the radiological and chemical protection forces of the Russian Federation is the work of the SBU,” the source said.
The source said a moped containing explosives was detonated when Kirillov and his assistant entered a building on Moscow’s Ryazansky Prospekt. Both died, the source added.
Coup in Moscow
The fact draws attention to the leak of Ukrainian attacks in the main Russian city, in fact, the explosion took place in the southeast of Moscow, 6.5 kilometers from the Kremlin. The Investigative Committee in Russia declared that it had “opened a criminal case for the murder of two soldiers.”
“Investigators, forensic experts and operational services are working at the scene.
“Investigative proceedings and operational search activities are being carried out aimed at establishing all the circumstances of the crime.”
