Not a window: Head of Russia's nuclear defense forces killed in Moscow bomb attack

[cbabe]

https://english.elpais.com/international/2024-12-17/head-of-russias-nuclear-defense-forces-killed-in-moscow-bomb-attack.html

Head of Russia’s nuclear defense forces killed in Moscow bomb attack

Igor Kirillov has been reported dead along with his assistant after a device exploded near their official vehicle

JAVIER G. CUESTA
Moscow - DEC 17, 2024 - 04:57 EST

A bomb attack in Moscow has killed the head of the Russian army’s Nuclear, Biological and Chemical (NBC) Defense Forces, Lt. General Igor Kirillov, and his assistant. According to Telegram channels close to the Russian security forces, an explosive equivalent to about 300 grams of TNT hidden in an electric scooter went off as the servicemen were walking to their official car in the early hours of the morning. Authorities have not yet clarified responsibility for the attack, the second in less than a week following the shooting death of the designer of the Kh-59 and Kh-69 cruise missiles, Mikhail Shatsky, in the Russian capital. Kirillov was known to be the Kremlin’s voice in accusations against the United States over the never-proven presence of “biolabs” in Ukraine, allegedly preparing biological weapons involving migratory birds and mosquito-carrying drones for dissemination.

Kirillov is the highest-ranking military officer assassinated in Moscow so far during the war in Ukraine. The attack was perpetrated at number 2 Ryazansky Avenue in the capital at 6 a.m. on Tuesday morning. The blast shattered glass from the first to the fourth floors of the building and tore off the front door, Baza news channel reported. Three nearby cars were also damaged. According to the investigation, the orchestrator of the attack must have been nearby and activated the device by means of a radio signal or a phone call.

According to an anonymous source quoted by Reuters, the Ukrainian secret services are believed to have been behind the attack. The Russian Investigative Committee is keeping the investigation open and has not mentioned any of its suspicions about the perpetrators of the attack. Nor has Ukraine. According to the Kommersant newspaper, the initial classification of the crime points to the fact that the case will be tried as the murder of a civilian and not of a military target. In addition, the newspaper’s sources state that the killer and his hypothetical accomplices may also be tried for treason.

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[Bernardo de La Paz]

1. Ukrainian special ops don't do windows. One day after Ukraine named him for war crimes. . . . . nt

[moondust]

2. Too bad.

What was that scooter so mad at him about?

Does the "boss" like to ride scooters?