A senior Russian general in charge of the military’s nuclear and chemical weapons division has been killed by a bomb hidden in an electric scooter, as a Ukrainian source claimed Kyiv was behind the attack.
Lieutenant General Igor Kirillov was killed along with his assistant when the bomb was detonated remotely as they left an apartment building a few miles southeast of the Kremlin early on Tuesday morning.
The Security Service of Ukraine has taken responsibility for the assassination, according to a Ukrainian security source quoted by both Reuters and AFP news agency.
“Kirillov was a war criminal and an absolutely legitimate target, as he gave orders to use banned chemical weapons against the Ukrainian military,” the source said.
“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,” said the Russian Investigative Committee.
“Igor Kirillov, the head of the radiation, chemical and biological protection forces of the armed forces of the Russian Federation, and his assistant were killed,” it added.
Photographs posted on Russian Telegram channels showed a shattered entrance to a building littered with rubble and two bodies lying in the blood-stained snow. A criminal case has been opened.
A partially destroyed electric bike was also visible amongst the wreckage.
Russian state news agencies reported the device had an explosive force equivalent to 300g of TNT.
Several cars and the first four floors of the apartment building were damaged.
Russia’s radioactive, chemical and biological defence troops, known as RKhBZ, are special forces who operate under conditions of radioactive, chemical and biological contamination.
The unit’s motto is: “After us, there is nobody.”
Ukrainian prosecutors charged Lt Gen Kirillov in absentia on Monday with the alleged use of banned chemical weapons in Ukraine, the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) said. Russia denied those accusations.
The SBU has claimed that Russia used chemical weapons nearly 5,000 times under Kirillov’s leadership.
Britain sanctioned Lt Gen Kirillov in October over the reported use of riot control agents and choking agent chloropicrin on the battlefield.
The fact someone of his rank was just riding a scooter to work… lol they’re just making it too easy to assassinate at this point lol
And another one gone, another one gone 🎶
Mousehole that
Moscow
At the end of the day, if the West won’t stand up to russia properly then Ukraine has every right to conduct these operations.
This is an important message for all Russians involved in this war to learn. They are being hunted and there is no safe place for them, not even in Russia.
If the scooter droned on up in there and detonated on his ass, that would be sick af.
We got claymore E-Scooters before GTA 6
In other news, Russian generals live in Housing Commission blocks like kings.
“You can’t ride here”
Well done
he tripped and fell on the scooter and it exploded because i say so
lol
Watch out for angry scooters, russi-nazis!!!
It’s a good thing he wasn’t in Ukrainian custody when he expired. That would keep them out of NATO.
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**From The Telegraph:**
A senior Russian general in charge of the military’s nuclear and chemical weapons division has been killed by a bomb hidden in an electric scooter, as a Ukrainian source claimed Kyiv was behind the attack.
Lieutenant General Igor Kirillov was killed along with his assistant when the bomb was detonated remotely as they left an apartment building a few miles southeast of the Kremlin early on Tuesday morning.
The Security Service of Ukraine has taken responsibility for the assassination, according to a Ukrainian security source quoted by both Reuters and AFP news agency.
“Kirillov was a war criminal and an absolutely legitimate target, as he gave orders to use banned chemical weapons against the Ukrainian military,” the source said.
Lt Gen Kirillov had been sanctioned by the UK over his use of chemical weapons in Ukraine and is believed to be the most senior Russian officer assassinated since the full scale [invasion of Ukraine](https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2024/12/16/north-korea-ukraine-russia-war-kursk-hur-language-barrier/).
“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,” said the Russian Investigative Committee.
“Igor Kirillov, the head of the radiation, chemical and biological protection forces of the armed forces of the Russian Federation, and his assistant were killed,” it added.
Photographs posted on Russian Telegram channels showed a shattered entrance to a building littered with rubble and two bodies lying in the blood-stained snow. A criminal case has been opened.
A partially destroyed electric bike was also visible amongst the wreckage.
Russian state news agencies reported the device had an explosive force equivalent to 300g of TNT.
Several cars and the first four floors of the apartment building were damaged.
Russia’s radioactive, chemical and biological defence troops, known as RKhBZ, are special forces who operate under conditions of radioactive, chemical and biological contamination.
The unit’s motto is: “After us, there is nobody.”
Ukrainian prosecutors charged Lt Gen Kirillov in absentia on Monday with the alleged use of banned chemical weapons in Ukraine, the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) said. Russia denied those accusations.
The SBU has claimed that Russia used chemical weapons nearly 5,000 times under Kirillov’s leadership.
Britain sanctioned Lt Gen Kirillov in October over the reported use of riot control agents and choking agent chloropicrin on the battlefield.
**Article Link:** [https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2024/12/17/bomb-kills-senior-russian-general-igor-kirillov-moscow/](https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2024/12/17/bomb-kills-senior-russian-general-igor-kirillov-moscow/)
Couldn’t happen to a nicer man
A scooter lol
Now hes a permanent addition to the brick wall
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YR5ApYxkU-U](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YR5ApYxkU-U)
Poor scooter
*cheer*
Rest in hell
The fact someone of his rank was just riding a scooter to work… lol they’re just making it too easy to assassinate at this point lol
And another one gone, another one gone 🎶
Mousehole that
Moscow
At the end of the day, if the West won’t stand up to russia properly then Ukraine has every right to conduct these operations.
This is an important message for all Russians involved in this war to learn. They are being hunted and there is no safe place for them, not even in Russia.
If the scooter droned on up in there and detonated on his ass, that would be sick af.
We got claymore E-Scooters before GTA 6
In other news, Russian generals live in Housing Commission blocks like kings.
“You can’t ride here”
Well done
he tripped and fell on the scooter and it exploded because i say so
lol
Watch out for angry scooters, russi-nazis!!!
It’s a good thing he wasn’t in Ukrainian custody when he expired. That would keep them out of NATO.
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