The head of the radiation and chemical protection troops of the Russian Federation was blown up in Moscow
An explosion occurred in Moscow, as a result of which Lieutenant General Igor Kirillov and his aide were killed. The day before, the SBU announced in absentia that the general was under suspicion. About this reported in the SBU. The explosion occurred near a residential building on Ryazansky prospect at the moment when the men were entering the entrance.
As a result of the explosion, the head of the radiation, chemical and biological defense forces of the Russian Armed Forces, Lieutenant General Igor Kirillov, and his driver were killed. According to preliminary data, an improvised explosive device was attached to an electric scooter standing near the entrance.
“On the morning of December 17, on Ryazanskyi Prospect in Moscow, an explosive device planted in a scooter that was standing next to the entrance of a residential building was activated. As a result of the incident, the head of the radiation, chemical and biological protection forces of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, Igor Kirillov, and his assistant were killed. “, the message says.
The day before, the SBU raised suspicions against Lieutenant General Kirillov, accusing him of ordering the use of chemical weapons against Ukrainian troops.
“According to Kirillov’s orders, since the beginning of the full-scale war, more than 4,800 cases of chemical munitions have been used by the enemy. In particular, we are talking about K-1 combat grenades, which are equipped with poisonous irritants – CS and CN. Their use is prohibited by the Convention on the Prohibition of Development, production, use of chemical weapons and on their destruction dated 13.01.1993”, – the department notes.
