Breaking: Moscow assassination eliminates Russian chemical warfare chief wanted by Ukraine
Head of Russia's chemical warfare forces Lt-Gen Kirillov has been killed by a remotely detonated explosive outside his Moscow apartment building this morning.
A Russian general in charge of chemical warfare forces was killed by an explosive device in Moscow on 17 December, Russia’s Investigative Committee and multiple other sources reported.
Lieutenant General Igor Kirillov, who headed Russia’s radiation, chemical and biological protection forces, and his assistant died when a bomb hidden in an electric scooter detonated outside an apartment building on Ryazansky Prospekt avenue, approximately 7 km southeast of the Kremlin.
The Russian Telegram channel Shot says, citing operational services, the explosive device contained about 300 grams of TNT and was detonated remotely.
“At first we thought that cement might have been unloaded or something similar. But the blast was so loud that it did not seem like construction works. It was very scary,” a local resident told Reuters.
The explosion occurred around 6:10 local time, shortly before Kirillov’s Toyota Camry service vehicle was due to pick him up for work, Russia’s state-funded TASS news agency reported. The blast shattered windows from the first to third floors and damaged entrance doors.
Moscow assassination eliminates Russian chemical warfare chief wanted by Ukraine
Head of Russia's chemical warfare forces Lt-Gen Kirillov has been killed by a remotely detonated explosive outside his Moscow apartment building this morning.https://t.co/Dwodise7QN
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