Investigation opened: Assassination of Russian Lt Gen Igor Kirillov by Ukrainian Intelligence

 

Ukraine’s military intelligence has said it is behind the killing of a senior Russian general in Moscow - the latest in a string of assassinations claimed by Kyiv’s security forces. 

Lieutenant General Igor Kirillov, the head of nuclear, chemical, and biological protection of Russian troops, was killed outside an apartment building in Moscow along with his assistant, when a bomb hidden in an electric scooter went off, according to Russia’s Investigative Committee.