Ukraine says it killed Russian general Igor Kirillov in Moscow
Ukraine says it killed Russian general Igor Kirillov in Moscow
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Moscow was shaken by the tragic death of a high-ranking Russian general, Lt Gen Igor Kirillov, and his assistant, who were killed by a remotely detonated device hidden in a scooter. The Ukrainian security service claimed responsibility, alleging that Kirillov was a legitimate target due to his alleged involvement in war crimes, including the use of banned chemical weapons. The incident has sparked tensions between Russia and Ukraine, with conflicting reports about the general’s actions and involvement in chemical weapon attacks. Russian investigators are working to uncover all the circumstances surrounding the crime, while the Ukrainian government has not yet commented on the incident. The UK had previously placed sanctions on Kirillov, accusing him of overseeing chemical weapon use in Ukraine and spreading Kremlin disinformation. The tragic event underscores the ongoing conflict and accusations between Russia and Ukraine, with both sides vehemently denying each other’s claims. Bu içerikte, uzmanların BBC Verify’e verdiği bilgilere göre, Rusya’da meydana gelen patlamanın ev yapımı bomba olan İmprovised Explosive Device (IED) tarafından oluşturulmuş olabileceği belirtiliyor. Bu tür bombalar genellikle çiviler veya cam gibi kolayca temin edilebilen bileşenler içerir. Patlamaya neden olan bombanın bir elektrikli scooterın içine saklandığı belirtiliyor. Rusya’da daha önce üst düzey yetkililere yönelik suikastlar gerçekleştirilmiş olsa da, Moskova’daki saldırılar nadirdir. Patlamanın yaşandığı yerde bir binada yaşayan Liza, Igor Kirillov’un öldürülmesinin şok edici bir gelişme olduğunu belirtiyor. Kirillov’un ölümü, Rusya’nın Ukrayna’ya yönelik kimyasal silahlar kullanmakla suçlandığı bir dönemde gerçekleşti. Kremlin ise bu suçlamaları temelsiz olarak nitelendiriyor. Kirillov, Rusya’nın askeri ile ilişkili tehlikeli maddelerle ilgili farklı rollerde görev yapmış bir isimdi. Ölümü, Rusya ve Ukrayna arasındaki çatışmanın üç yılını aşkın bir süresinde gelen bir dizi hedeflenen saldırılar arasında gerçekleşti. Bu içerikte, içerik açıklaması oluşturma konusunda bir örnek sunulmaktadır. İçerik açıklaması, bir içeriğin özünü ve içeriğin ne hakkında olduğunu özetleyen kısa bir metindir. İçerik açıklaması, okuyucuların içeriği anlamalarına ve içeriğin değerini önceden değerlendirmelerine yardımcı olur. Bu örnek içerik açıklaması, içerik açıklaması oluşturma konusunda rehberlik etmek için kullanılabilir.
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The BBC’s Steve Rosenberg reports from Moscow: “The blast killed a senior Russian general”
A high-ranking general in the Russian armed forces and his assistant have been killed in Moscow by Ukraine’s security service, a Ukrainian source has told the BBC.
Lt Gen Igor Kirillov, head of the Nuclear, Biological, Chemical Defence Forces (NBC), was outside a residential block early on Tuesday when a device hidden in a scooter was detonated remotely, Russia’s Investigative Committee (SK) said.
A source in Ukraine’s SBU security service claimed Kirillov was “a legitimate target” and alleging he had carried out war crimes.
On Monday, the SBU charged Kirillov, 54, in absentia, saying on Telegram that he was “responsible for the mass use of banned chemical weapons”.
The Ukrainian government has not yet commented on the general’s death.
Pictures from the scene in south-eastern Moscow showed the badly damaged entrance to a building with scorch marks on the walls and a number of windows blown out. Two body bags could also be seen on the street.
The block was cordoned off on Tuesday morning as Russian investigators continued combing the area.
In October, the UK placed sanctions on Kirillov, saying he had overseen the use of chemical weapons in Ukraine and acted as a “significant mouthpiece for Kremlin disinformation”.
Ukraine’s SBU has claimed Russia used chemical weapons more than 4,800 times under the general’s leadership.
Moscow denies the allegations.
The SK said it had “opened a criminal case into the murder of two servicemen”.
“Investigators, forensic experts and operational services are working at the scene,” it said.
“Investigative actions and operational search activities are being carried out aimed at establishing all the circumstances of the crime.”
Russian state news agencies reported that the explosive device – which killed Kirillov and his aide in Ryazansky Avenue – had an explosive force equivalent to 300g (0.7lb) of TNT.
They added that bomb experts and specialist search dogs had inspected the surrounding area and no other explosives had been found.
Assassinations of senior officials have been carried out in Russia before, but attacks in Moscow are rare.
Liza, who lives one building away from the site of the blast, told the BBC that while she was not entirely surprised, the killing of Igor Kirillov was a “shocking” development.
“It’s one thing reading about it in the news, it feels far, but when it happens next door, that’s completely different and frightening,” she tells me.
“Until now, [the war] felt as if it was happening a long way off – now someone is dead, here, you can feel the consequences,” Liza said, adding that “unfortunately, I don’t think things will calm down any time soon”.
Several other local residents said they initially thought the loud noise they heard had come from a construction site.
Student Mikhail Mashkov, who lives in the building next door, told the AFP news agency he was woken up by a “very loud explosion noise”, thinking “something fell at the construction site”, before looking outside.
Olga Bogomolova said she thought a container had fallen at the construction site but then realised “it was a very strong explosion”, saw “broken windows” and that it was something else.
People living in the area told the BBC of their deep sense of shock.
Even after nearly three years since Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, for many Muscovites, the war is something that is happening a long way away – something they only see on TV or on their phones.
The killing of a Russian general in Moscow is a sign that this war is very real and very close to home.
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The explosive was reportedly hidden inside of an electric scooter
Under UK sanctions, Kirillov was subject to an assets freeze and travel ban.
State department officials said Russia used the choking agent chloropicrin to win “battlefield gains” over Ukraine.
According to the SBU, Russian forces have used drones to drop chemical weapons on Ukrainian soldiers.
Ukrainian Col Artem Vlasiuk had previously said that more than 2,000 Ukrainian service members had been treated in hospital for chemical poisoning over the course of the war and three people had died.
The Kremlin rejected the accusations at the time, calling them “baseless”.
Russian general killed by bomb in residential Moscow building
Kirillov served in different roles in Russia’s military associated with hazardous materials, including the Directorate of the Chief of the Radiation, Chemical and Biological Defence Troops.
He was appointed head of the NBC in 2017.
Reacting to Kirillov’s death, UK Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer’s official spokesman said: “Clearly we are not going to mourn the death of an individual who has propagated an illegal invasion and imposed suffering and death on the Ukrainian people.”
Ukraine’s Security Services appear to be stepping up their targeting of senior Russian individuals, almost three years into the conflict.
Kirillov’s death comes less than a week after a prominent Russian weapons expert was shot dead near his home in Moscow.
Ukrainian media reported that the assassination of Mikhail Shatsky was carried out by Ukraine’s military intelligence service.
Senior Russian naval officer Valery Trankovsky and Russian prison boss Sergei Yevsyukov also died after car bombs exploded in Russian-occupied Ukraine in recent weeks.
Ukraine says it killed Russian general Igor Kirillov in Moscow
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