{"id":138420,"date":"2024-12-18T14:06:32","date_gmt":"2024-12-18T07:06:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=138420"},"modified":"2024-12-18T14:06:32","modified_gmt":"2024-12-18T07:06:32","slug":"who-was-igor-kirillov-the-russian-general-killed-in-a-moscow-bomb-blast","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=138420","title":{"rendered":"Who Was Igor Kirillov, the Russian General Killed in a Moscow Bomb Blast?"},"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 data-testid=\"companionColumn-0\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Igor Kirillov, a general in charge of Russia\u2019s military\u2019s nuclear and chemical weapons protection forces, <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/12\/17\/world\/europe\/russian-general-bombing-moscow.html\" title=\"\">was killed on Tuesday<\/a> by a bomb in Moscow, the Russian authorities said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">An official with Ukraine\u2019s security service, known as the S.B.U., said that Ukraine was responsible for the killing. The official, who spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss a sensitive intelligence operation, confirmed the details of the assassination given by Russia.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"css-13o6u42 eoo0vm40\" id=\"link-2e2506bb\">How was he killed?<\/h2>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">General Kirillov, 54, died along with an aide after an explosive device planted in a scooter was detonated on Tuesday morning near the entryway to a residential building, Russia\u2019s Investigative Committee, a law enforcement agency, said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The explosion occurred at about 6:12 a.m. and shattered windows in a building across the street, according to RIA Novosti, a Russian state news agency.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-1\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<h2 class=\"css-13o6u42 eoo0vm40\" id=\"link-6e966fdb\">Why was he targeted?<\/h2>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">A day before his killing, Ukraine had accused General Kirillov of criminal activity, saying he was responsible for the \u201cmassive use of banned chemical weapons\u201d in Ukraine. The security service said that Russian forces had used chemical weapons on the battlefield more than 4,800 times since the war began, on General Kirillov\u2019s orders. Russia denied Ukraine\u2019s accusations during a July meeting of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Ukraine has said the chemical weapons used by Russia often include combat grenades equipped with the irritant chemical agents CS and CN. Those tear gases, most commonly used by riot police officers to control crowds, are banned in warfare under the Chemical Weapons Convention, an arms control treaty ratified by more than 150 countries, including Russia.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\"><a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/05\/02\/world\/europe\/us-russia-chemical-weapons-ukraine.html\" title=\"\">The U.S. State Department said this spring<\/a> that Russia had used chloropicrin, a choking agent widely used in World War I, as well as tear gas on the battlefield. Britain <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/government\/news\/uk-sanctions-russian-troops-deploying-chemical-weapons-on-the-battlefield\" title=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">imposed sanctions on General Kirillov<\/a> this fall, citing his responsibility in deploying chemical weapons in Ukraine.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">According to Russia\u2019s military, the division that General Kirillov oversaw carries out specialized tasks like protecting Russian troops when chemical and nuclear weapons are used.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">General Kirillov was also prominent in <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2022\/10\/25\/technology\/dirty-bomb-russia-right-wing-us.html?smid=url-share\" title=\"\">Russia\u2019s propaganda campaign<\/a> against Ukraine and the West, frequently addressing the news media and appearing on television with unfounded claims. In 2023, he said that the United States was planning to use drones \u201cdesigned to spread infected mosquitoes.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-2\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<h2 class=\"css-13o6u42 eoo0vm40\" id=\"link-75534b80\">How will Russia respond?<\/h2>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Dmitri A. Medvedev, a former president and deputy chairman of the Russian Security Council, pledged \u201cinevitable retaliation\u201d against the \u201cmilitary and political leadership of Ukraine,\u201d <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/tass.ru\/obschestvo\/22691857\" title=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">according to Tass<\/a>, a state news agency.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-798hid etfikam0\">Reporting by <!-- -->Anton Troianovski<!-- --> and <!-- -->Constant M\u00e9heut<!-- -->.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/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.nytimes.com\/2024\/12\/17\/world\/europe\/igor-kirillov-russian-general.html\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Igor Kirillov, a general in charge of Russia\u2019s military\u2019s nuclear and chemical weapons protection forces, was killed on Tuesday by a bomb in Moscow, the Russian authorities said. An official &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=138420\" class=\"more-link\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-138420","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-world","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/138420","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=138420"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/138420\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=138420"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=138420"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=138420"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}