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Russia arrests suspect for Moscow bombing that killed chemical weapons chief – POLITICO

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According to the Russian authorities, the suspect had been offered a cash reward of $100,000 and a trip to a European country. Kirillov was in charge of the Russian military’s nuclear, biological and chemical weapons protection forces. Ukraine’s Security Service (SBU) claimed responsibility for Kirillov’s assassination, a Ukrainian law enforcement official told POLITICO Tuesday. A few … Read more

Suspect in killing of Russian general detained in Moscow, authorities say | Russia

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Russia has detained an Uzbek citizen who investigators believe placed the bomb which killed Lt Gen Igor Kirillov on the instructions of Ukraine’s security service, the country’s investigative committee has said. The 29-year-old had allegedly been recruited by Ukrainian special services and promised $100,000 and travel to the European Union, the news agency Tass reported, … Read more

Chief of Russia’s nuclear protection forces killed in Moscow bomb blast | Russia-Ukraine war News

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DEVELOPING STORYDEVELOPING STORY, Lieutenant General Kirillov killed outside an apartment building in the Russian capital. A bomb hidden in an electric scooter has killed a senior general in charge of nuclear protection forces in Moscow, Russia’s investigative committee said. Lieutenant General Igor Kirillov, who was chief of the Troops of Radiological, Chemical and Biological Defence, … Read more