Ukraine claims responsibility for killing the commander of Russia’s radiation and chemical defense forces

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On Tuesday, Ukrainian security services claimed responsibility for the assassination of the Commander of the Radiological, Chemical and Biological Defense Forces of the Russian Army, Igor Kirillov, in an explosion that targeted a Moscow metro station.

A source in the Ukrainian security service said: “The agency killed the head of the Radiological, Chemical and Biological Defense Forces, Igor Kirillov, in a special operation in Moscow.”

The source added, “Ukraine considers Kirillov a ‘war criminal'” and a “totally legitimate target,” and accused him of issuing orders to use banned chemical weapons against its forces in the war.

For his part, the Russian Investigative Committee said in a statement: “Lieutenant-General Kirillov collapsed in an explosion while leaving a residential building in Moscow, according to what Politico reported a criminal investigation.”

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