{"id":138061,"date":"2024-12-17T14:42:08","date_gmt":"2024-12-17T07:42:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=138061"},"modified":"2024-12-17T14:42:08","modified_gmt":"2024-12-17T07:42:08","slug":"chief-of-russias-nuclear-protection-forces-killed-in-moscow-bomb-blast-russia-ukraine-war-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=138061","title":{"rendered":"Chief of Russia\u2019s nuclear protection forces killed in Moscow bomb blast | Russia-Ukraine war News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p><strong aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"post-label__text\">DEVELOPING STORY<\/strong><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">DEVELOPING STORY, <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"article__subhead\"><em>Lieutenant General Kirillov killed outside an apartment building in the Russian capital.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div aria-live=\"polite\" aria-atomic=\"true\">\n<p>A bomb hidden in an electric scooter has killed a senior general in charge of nuclear protection forces in Moscow, Russia\u2019s investigative committee said.<\/p>\n<p>Lieutenant General Igor Kirillov, who was chief of the Troops of Radiological, Chemical and Biological Defence, was killed on Tuesday outside an apartment building on Ryazansky Prospekt.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIgor Kirillov, the head of the radiation, chemical and biological protection forces of the armed forces of the Russian Federation, and his assistant were killed,\u201d the investigative committee said.<\/p>\n<p>According to a law enforcement official, the explosive device \u201chad a capacity of some 300 grams in TNT equivalent\u201d, Russian outlet Tass news agency reported.<\/p>\n<p>Photographs posted on Russian Telegram channels showed a shattered entrance to a building littered with rubble and two bodies lying in the blood-stained snow.<\/p>\n<p>A criminal case has been opened.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3390836\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3390836\" style=\"width:770px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-arc-image-770 wp-image-3390836\" src=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/2024-12-17T061008Z_1695564175_RC2TQBALDGUS_RTRMADP_3_UKRAINE-CRISIS-MOSCOW-BLAST-1734416474.jpg?w=770&amp;resize=770%2C515\" alt=\"SENSITIVE MATERIAL. THIS IMAGE MAY OFFEND OR DISTURB A view shows a scene of an explosion, which reportedly killed two army officers, in Moscow, Russia December 17, 2024. REUTERS\/Maxim Shemetov\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\"\/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3390836\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Rubble and litter can be seen outside the building where the explosion took place [Maxim Shemetov\/Reuters]<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Russia\u2019s radioactive, chemical and biological defence troops are special forces who operate under conditions of radioactive, chemical and biological contamination.<\/p>\n<p>On Monday, Ukrainian prosecutors charged Kirillov in absentia with the alleged use of banned chemical weapons in Ukraine, the Security Service of Ukraine said, according to the Kyiv Independent.<\/p>\n<p>Russia denies those accusations.<\/p>\n<p>In October, the United Kingdom sanctioned Kirillov and the nuclear protection forces for using riot control agents and multiple reports of the use of the toxic agent chloropicrin on the battlefield.<i\/><\/p>\n<p>Chloropicrin is an oily liquid with a pungent odour known as a choking agent that was widely used during World War I as a form of tear gas. The Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) specifically prohibits its use.<\/p>\n<p>Russia has said it no longer possesses a military chemical arsenal but the country faces pressure for more transparency over the alleged use of toxic weapons.<\/p>\n<p>Ukraine\u2019s Security Service, the SBU, said it had recorded more than 4,800 uses of chemical weapons on the battlefield, particularly K-1 combat grenades, since February 2022.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><div data-type=\"_mgwidget\" data-widget-id=\"1660802\">\r\n<\/div>\r\n<script>(function(w,q){w[q]=w[q]||[];w[q].push([\"_mgc.load\"])})(window,\"_mgq\");\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2024\/12\/17\/chief-of-russian-nuclear-protection-forces-killed-in-moscow-bomb-blast\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>DEVELOPING STORYDEVELOPING STORY, Lieutenant General Kirillov killed outside an apartment building in the Russian capital. 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