A view of the blast scene, which killed the commander of Russian armed forces’ chemical, biological and radiation defence troops, Igor Kirillov, and his assistant, according to the Russian Investigative Committee, outside a residential building on Ryazansky Avenue in Moscow on December 17, 2024. (Photo by ALEXANDER NEMENOV/AFP via Getty Images)
OAN Staff Brooke Mallory4:50 PM – Tuesday, December 17, 2024
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.
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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.
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