The statement corresponds to a source of the Ukrainian Security Service SBU, in addition to attributing to him the commission of war crimes. On Monday, the SBU indicted Kirillov in absentia and claimed on Telegram that he was “responsible for the mass use of banned chemical weapons.”
The Ukrainian SBU claimed that Russia used chemical weapons more than 4,800 times under the general’s leadership. Moscow denies the accusations. Shortly after learning of the incident, Ukraine claimed responsibility for the attack against the man and the SBU claimed responsibility responsibility for the murder according to the medium Al Jazeera.
Kirillov’s murder caught the attention of neighbors
Assassinations of high officials have already been committed in Russia, but attacks in Moscow are rare. Liza, a neighbor who lives a building away from the site of the explosion, told the BBC that, while she was not entirely surprised, the murder of Igor Kirillov was a “shocking” event.“.
“It’s one thing to read about it on the news, it seems far away, but when it happens next door, it’s completely different and terrifying,” he said. “Until now, [la guerra] It seemed like it was happening far away; now someone has died, you can feel the consequences here,” Liza said, adding that “unfortunately, I don’t think things will calm down anytime soon.”
Several other local residents said they initially thought the loud noise they heard came from a construction site. The student Mikhail Mashkovwho lives in the building next door, told the AFP news agency that he woke up to a “very loud explosion noise” and thought “something had fallen on the construction site,” before looking outside.
Russia: head of nuclear protection Igor Kirillov was killed in an attack
Lieutenant General Igor Kirillov, head of the Radiological, Chemical and Biological Defense Troops (RCBZ) of Russia, and his driver died in an explosion in the southeast of Moscow. According to local media, both were leaving the entrance of a house when an explosive detonated.
Kirillov (54) and his driver were pulling out of the driveway of a house on Ryazansky Prospekt around 6:00 on Tuesday. when an improvised explosive device detonated. The explosion blew out the windows of the nearest apartments, and the general’s car was also damaged.
Source: Ambito
