Lieutenant General Igor Kirillov was killed outside in an apartment build after a device inside a scooter detonated, says Russian investigative committee
The killing of a senior Russian military official, Igor Kirillov, in Moscow on Tuesday was a “special operation” by Ukraine’s SBU security service, a source inside the agency told both the AFP and Reuters news agencies.
“The liquidation of Lt Gen Igor Kirillov, chief of the Russian Armed Forces’ radiation, chemical and biological defence troops is a special operation by the SBU,” the source told AFP.
