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Head of Russia’s Nuclear Defense Killed in Moscow Bombing; Ukraine Claims Responsibility

OAN Staff Brooke Mallory

After Ukraine accused Russia of using banned chemical weapons on the battlefield, the director of Russia’s Nuclear, Chemical, and Biological weapons defense unit was murdered on Tuesday in a bombing outside a Moscow apartment building.

Russian media outlets claim that “the bomb was detonated remotely and contained anywhere from 300g to 1kg of explosives,” the BBC reported.

Additionally, other surfacing reports stated that the bomb was strategically planted in an electric scooter.

Igor Kirillov, 54, was “found guilty of war crimes on Monday by Ukraine’s top internal security agency, the SBU,” for employing “banned chemical weapons” against Ukrainian soldiers engaged in combat.

Despite Kyiv not “formally” taking credit for the murder, a Ukrainian law enforcement official told the outlet Politico that the SBU was directly involved in the assassination, according to Forbes.

“Kirillov was a war criminal and an absolutely legitimate target since he gave orders to use banned chemical weapons against the Ukrainian military…Retribution for war crimes is inevitable,” the Ukrainian official, who wished to remain anonymous, told the outlet.

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