Russian general in charge of chemical weapons unit killed in Moscow scooter blast

Lt Gen Igor Kirillov killed along with his deputy after device attached to escooter explodedRussia-Ukraine war – latest news updatesA senior Russian general has died after an explosive device hidden in an electric scooter detonated outside an apartment building in Moscow, in an attack claimed by Ukraine that marks one of the boldest targeted assassinations of a senior military official since Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine.Lt Gen Igor Kirillov, the head of the military’s chemical, biological and radiological weapons unit, was killed along with his deputy when the blast went off as the two men left a building in a residential area in south-east Moscow early on Tuesday. Continue reading...

Russian general in charge of chemical weapons unit killed in Moscow scooter blast

Lt Gen Igor Kirillov killed along with his deputy after device attached to escooter exploded

A senior Russian general has died after an explosive device hidden in an electric scooter detonated outside an apartment building in Moscow, in an attack claimed by Ukraine that marks one of the boldest targeted assassinations of a senior military official since Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine.

Lt Gen Igor Kirillov, the head of the military’s chemical, biological and radiological weapons unit, was killed along with his deputy when the blast went off as the two men left a building in a residential area in south-east Moscow early on Tuesday. Continue reading...