Ukraine says it assassinated Russia's chemical weapons chief in a scooter bomb explosion in Moscow
Igor Kirillov was killed by a bomb planted in a scooter in Moscow. A Ukrainian Security Service source told BI that Ukraine was behind the attack.
Ukraine claims credit for Moscow bombing that killed Russian general accused of chemical weapons attacks
A senior Russian general was killed Tuesday by a bomb hidden in a scooter outside his apartment building in Moscow, a day after Ukraine's security agency levelled criminal charges against him.
Russian Chemical Weapons General Killed by Bomb in Scooter
Lt. General Igor Kirillov was charged in Ukraine in absentia on Monday for the use of banned chemical weapons and had been sanctioned by other countries.
Ukraine behind killing of Russian chemical weapons general in Moscow blast, sources say
A senior Russian general was killed in a bomb blast in a residential neighborhood in Moscow, Russian media reported early Tuesday.
General Igor Kirillov, head of Russia's biological, chemical forces, killed in Moscow blast claimed by Ukraine
The head of Russia's chemical and biological forces, Lt. General Igor Kirillov, was killed in a Moscow bomb blast claimed by Ukraine.
Russian military's chemical weapons chief killed in Moscow blast
The head of the Russian army's chemical weapons division died on Tuesday when an explosive device attached to a scooter went off outside an apartment building in Moscow, officials said.Russia's Investigative Committee said that Kirillov was killed after "an explosive device planted in a scooter parked near the entrance of a residential building was activated on the morning of December 17 on Ryazansky Avenue in Moscow".
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The killing of a senior Russian general in a bombing outside his apartment building in Moscow was the boldest assassination yet of a top military officer and it again brought the war in Ukraine to the
Suspect detained in death of Russian general killed by bomb strapped to electric scooter
Russia's Investigative Committee said that the unnamed suspect had told them he had come to Moscow to carry out an assignment for Ukraine.
The head of Russia's chemical weapons was killed when a scooter bomb exploded in Moscow
Lieutenant General Igor Kirillov, the head of Russia's Nuclear, Biological, and Chemical Protection Troops, was killed by a bomb planted in a scooter parked on a street in Moscow,
A Russian general was killed by a bomb in Moscow. Ukraine claims responsibility.
Lt. Gen. Igor Kirillov was killed by Ukraine’s Security Service, or SBU, on Dec. 17. The SBU had opened an investigation linking him to the use of banned chemical weapons, which Russia has deployed more than 4,
Bomb blast kills Russian chief of nuclear protection forces in Moscow
The chief of Russian nuclear protection forces, Igor Kirillov has been killed in a bomb blast outside an apartment building in Moscow.
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