A car dashboard camera captured the explosion that killed Russian Lt. Gen. Igor Kirillov, head of Russia's nuclear protection forces, when an explosive device hidden in a scooter detonated in Moscow
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Kyiv Post sources in Ukraine's special services confirmed authenticity of video showing Kirillov's killing
In December 2024, Lieutenant General Igor Kirillov and his assistant were killed in an explosion in Moscow.
The explosion that killed Lieutenant General Igor Kirillov was a special operation carried out by Ukraine's SBU State Security Service.
Kirillov was a war criminal and completely legitimate target since he gave orders to use banned chemical weapons against the Ukrainian military.
On the morning of December 17, it became known that a Russian general was blown up in Moscow. His personal aide also died.
SBU carried out a special operation to kill Kirillov, whom the SBU sources described as a legitimate target for his war crimes and use of banned chemical weapons
The Dec. 17 killing of Russian Lieutenant-General Igor Kirillov in Moscow — reportedly by the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU)
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