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Ukraine Assassinates Prominent Russian General

Lt. Gen. Igor Kirillov, a senior Russian general, was killed by assassination on Tuesday by a bomb hidden in a scooter left outside his Moscow residence. Ukraine’s security service claimed responsibility for the attack.

Kirillov’s assistant was also killed in the blast, which was triggered remotely. A 29-year-old man from Uzbekistan has been detained related to the killing.

The general’s responsibility in the military was as chief of Russia’s nuclear, biological and chemical protection forces, and earlier in the week, Ukraine had leveled criminal charges against him and called him a “war criminal” and potential target: