Kyiv had charged the top general with orchestrating numerous attacks with banned weapons. A few hours later he was dead.
KYIV — Ukrainian operatives on Tuesday killed a leading Russian military official in a daring bomb attack in Moscow.
Lieutenant-General Igor Kirillov, commander of the nuclear, biological and chemical forces of the Russian army, died in a blast as he was heading out of a residential block in Moscow, the Russian Investigative Committee said in a statement.
An explosive device was hidden in an electric scooter parked nearby. Kirillov’s aide also died in the attack, the investigative committee said, announcing a criminal investigation. Continue Reading