An arrest has reportedly been made after the killing of Igor Kirillov, a Russian general, in Moscow on December 17. Kirillov was the commander of Russia’s Radiation, Chemical and Biological Protection Forces, and is thought to be the most senior military figure assassinated in Russia since the country invaded Ukraine nearly three years ago.
Ukrainia’s SBU security services have claimed responsibility for the attack, saying that Kirillov was “responsible for the mass use of banned chemical weapons”. As a war criminal he was a legitimate target and had been named in a trial in absentia, the SBU said.
Russia’s security service released a statement saying it had detained a 29-year-old man from Uzbekistan. It added that while under “interrogation he explained that he was recruited by the Ukrainian special services”.
