A senior Russian general responsible for chemical, biological, and radiation defense was killed in an explosion in Moscow. Lt. Gen. Igor Kirillov was targeted in what appears to be a remote-controlled bomb planted on a scooter.
A senior Russia n general was killed in a bomb blast in a residential neighborhood in Moscow , Russia n media reported early Tuesday. Lt. Gen. Igor Kirillov was killed by an explosive device that appears to have been hidden in a parked scooter and set off by remote control, Russia n state-affiliated media TASS reported. The explosion also killed an aide accompanying him.
On Monday, the Security Service of Ukraine charged Kirillov in absentia with war crimes for alleged orders approving chemical weapon use against Ukrainian troops. Kirillov, the SBU said on Telegram, 'is responsible for the mass use of banned chemical weapons' on the Ukrainian front lines. 'By order of Kirillov, more than 4,800 cases of the enemy's use of chemical munitions have been recorded since the beginning of the full-scale war,' the SBU said. Among the delivery methods, the SBU said, were grenades equipped with toxic substances like CS and CN irritants
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