The Russian Security Service reported that the perpetrator is a citizen of Uzbekistan recruited by Ukrainian forces. He was promised a payment in dollars and the possibility of residing in Europe.
He Federal Security Service (FSB) of Russia reported the arrest of the perpetrator of the bomb attack that killed Lieutenant General Igor Kirillov, head of Radiological, Chemical and Biological Defense Troops (RCBZ) of Russia. The suspect claimed to have been recruited by Ukrainian forces, which considered Kirillov a “legitimate target.”
“A citizen of Uzbekistan born in 1995 was detained for suspected of having committed the attack that claimed the life of the commander of the Russian radiological, chemical and biological defense forces, Igor Kirilov, and his assistant, Ilya Polikarpov,” the committee said in a statement.
Executor of Russia’s nuclear protection chief arrested
during the interrogationthe suspect claimed to have been “recruited by Ukrainian special forces”. At the request of the Ukrainians, He arrived in Moscow and was given an explosive device that he placed on a parked electric scooter near the door of the building where General Kirillov lived, the statement said. The suspect also rented a car that he parked near the building and where a surveillance camera was installed.
The video filmed by the camera was broadcast “in real time to the organizers of the attack, to the city of Dnipro”the researchers indicated. When the general and his assistant left the building, the suspect remotely activated the explosive device, according to the statement, which also notes that the perpetrator was promised “a remuneration of US$100,000“and the possibility of settling “in a European country,” the Uzbek told the researchers.
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Ukraine considered nuclear protection chief killed in Moscow a ‘legitimate target’
After the attack that left Lieutenant General Igor Kirillov, head of the Radiological, Chemical and Biological Defense Troops (RCBZ) of Russia, and his driver dead, Ukraine spoke out about the incident. From the country they stated that Kirillov was “a legitimate target” and that he had committed war crimes.
The statement corresponds to a source from the Ukrainian Security Service SBU, in addition to attributing war crimes to him. On Monday, the SBU indicted Kirillov in absentia and claimed on Telegram that he was “responsible for the mass use of banned chemical weapons.”
Russia: head of nuclear protection Igor Kirillov was killed in an attack
Lieutenant General Igor Kirillov, head of Russia’s Radiological, Chemical and Biological Defense Troops (RCBZ), and his driver were killed in an explosion southeast of Moscow. According to local media, both were leaving the entrance of a house when an explosive detonated. Ukraine claimed responsibility for the attack against the man, who had held the position since 2017.
Kirillov (54) and his driver were leaving the entrance of a house in Ryazansky Prospekt around 6:00 on Tuesday when a improvised explosive device. The explosion blew out the windows of the nearest apartments, and the general’s car was also damaged. The Ukrainian security services claimed responsibility for the fatal attack against the senior Russian Army official, according to the AFP agency.
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