Moscow: The head of Russia’s Nuclear, Biological, and Chemical Defence Forces, Liutenant General Igor Kirillov, has been killed by an explosive device planted close to a residential apartment block in Moscow, Russia’s Investigative Committee said.
Kirillov’s assistant also died in the blast.
Kirillov was sentenced in absentia by a Ukrainian court Monday for the use of banned chemical weapons during Russia’s military operation in Ukraine that started in February 2022.
Russian media said Kirillov had been killed on Ryazansky Prospekt, a road that starts some 7 kilometres south-east of the Kremlin.
Russian Armed Forces Lt. Gen. Igor Kirillov has been killed, according to RT.Credit: Russia Defence Ministry/AP
His death was also reported on Russian news Telegram channels.
TASS state news agency said two people were killed in an explosion on Moscow’s Ryazansky Prospekt.
Investigators and forensic experts were working at the scene together with employees of other emergency services, TASS agency reported.
Reuters
