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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
World
Tom Watling

Behind enemy lines: Ukraine’s deadly assassins have terrorised Russia with nuclear general their latest victim

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.

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