‘Many more Russian war criminals on our list’: Ukraine vows more attacks
Al Jazeera
Ukraine has raised the stakes with its boldest wartime assassination, killing a high-profile general in Moscow.
Kyiv, Ukraine – Igor Kirillov, the 54-year-old general who led Russia’s nuclear protection forces, was assassinated just one day after Ukrainian intelligence accused him of ordering the use of banned chemical weapons against Ukrainian servicemen.
Explosives hidden in a scooter parked outside a Moscow apartment building blew up Kirillov and his assistant on Tuesday.
Before his death, Kirillov had frequented Russian talk shows to claim without providing any evidence that Kyiv “plans to create a dirty bomb” and the United States runs “biological warfare labs” in Ukraine to “breed” mosquitoes that transmit anthrax and cholera.
The blast took place in a densely populated and traffic-clogged district in southeastern Moscow.
It was the fourth hit on high-profile Russian military figures in less than two months. Ukraine does not always claim responsibility for such attacks but its officials often laud them on social media.
