Kyiv behind killing of Russian general in Moscow, Ukrainian official says

The head of Russia’s nuclear defense forces was killed in Moscow on Tuesday morning in a “special operation” by Ukraine’s domestic security service, according to a Ukrainian official who spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss the sensitive matter.

Lt. Gen. Igor Kirillov, chief of Russia’s nuclear, biological and chemical defense forces, is the highest-ranking Russian military official to be killed outside of combat since the Kremlin’s invasion of Ukraine in February 2022.

Russia’s Investigative Committee said Tuesday that Kirillov, 54, was killed alongside his assistant when an explosive device on a parked scooter detonated near the entrance of a residential building in the capital. Investigators did not specify who they believed was responsible but said a criminal investigation had been launched into the deaths of two military officials.

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