{"id":138531,"date":"2024-12-18T21:14:16","date_gmt":"2024-12-18T14:14:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=138531"},"modified":"2024-12-18T21:14:16","modified_gmt":"2024-12-18T14:14:16","slug":"russia-detains-uzbek-man-over-generals-killing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=138531","title":{"rendered":"Russia detains Uzbek man over general&#8217;s killing"},"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<figure>\n<div data-component=\"image-block\" class=\"sc-18fde0d6-0 ejjhCR\">\n<div data-testid=\"hero-image\" class=\"sc-a34861b-1 jxzoZC\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/bbcx\/grey-placeholder.png\" class=\"sc-a34861b-0 cOpVbP hide-when-no-script\"\/><img decoding=\"async\" sizes=\"(min-width: 1280px) 50vw, (min-width: 1008px) 66vw, 96vw\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/240\/cpsprodpb\/5608\/live\/7010a7e0-bd39-11ef-ba16-431728f1a96f.jpg.webp 240w,https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/320\/cpsprodpb\/5608\/live\/7010a7e0-bd39-11ef-ba16-431728f1a96f.jpg.webp 320w,https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/480\/cpsprodpb\/5608\/live\/7010a7e0-bd39-11ef-ba16-431728f1a96f.jpg.webp 480w,https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/640\/cpsprodpb\/5608\/live\/7010a7e0-bd39-11ef-ba16-431728f1a96f.jpg.webp 640w,https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/800\/cpsprodpb\/5608\/live\/7010a7e0-bd39-11ef-ba16-431728f1a96f.jpg.webp 800w,https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/1024\/cpsprodpb\/5608\/live\/7010a7e0-bd39-11ef-ba16-431728f1a96f.jpg.webp 1024w,https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/1536\/cpsprodpb\/5608\/live\/7010a7e0-bd39-11ef-ba16-431728f1a96f.jpg.webp 1536w\" src=\"https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/480\/cpsprodpb\/5608\/live\/7010a7e0-bd39-11ef-ba16-431728f1a96f.jpg.webp\" alt=\"EPA Municipal workers in puffer jackets inspect a blown out door that has been boarded up outside the apartment building where Kirillov died. Plastic flowers are placed in exposed brickwork\" class=\"sc-a34861b-0 efFcac\"\/><span class=\"sc-a34861b-2 fxQYxK\">EPA<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><figcaption class=\"sc-8353772e-0 cvNhQw\">Flowers have been placed close to where Kirillov and his assistant were killed<!-- --><\/figcaption><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<div data-component=\"text-block\" class=\"sc-18fde0d6-0 dlWCEZ\">\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">Russia&#8217;s security service says a 29-year-old man from Uzbekistan has been detained over the killing of senior general Igor Kirillov and his assistant in Moscow.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">Lt Gen Igor Kirillov, head of the Radiation, Chemical and Biological Protection Forces, was outside a residential block early on Tuesday when an explosive device hidden in a scooter was detonated remotely.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">The Russian security service said the unnamed suspect was recruited by Ukrainian intelligence, according to state media agencies.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">Ukraine&#8217;s security service had already claimed it was behind the killing, <!-- --><a target=\"_self\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/articles\/cm2ek388yxzo\" class=\"sc-c9299ecf-0 bZUiKB\" rel=\"noopener\">a source told the BBC<!-- --><\/a> on Tuesday.<!-- --><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-component=\"text-block\" class=\"sc-18fde0d6-0 dlWCEZ\">\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">The Ukrainian source said Kirillov &#8211; who was Russia&#8217;s chemical weapons chief &#8211; was &#8220;a legitimate target&#8221; and alleged he had carried out war crimes.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">On Monday, the day before the killing, Ukraine charged Kirillov, 54, in absentia, saying he was &#8220;responsible for the mass use of banned chemical weapons&#8221;. Russia denies the allegations.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">A Kremlin spokesman said Russian President Vladimir Putin &#8220;expresses deep condolences&#8221; over Kirillov&#8217;s death, Russian news agency Tass reported.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">The Russian Federal Security Service&#8217;s (FSB) public relations centre said on Wednesday the detained 29-year-old was &#8220;suspected of committing a terrorist act&#8221;.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">A statement said that during &#8220;interrogation he explained that he was recruited by the Ukrainian special services&#8221;.<!-- --><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<figure>\n<div data-component=\"image-block\" class=\"sc-18fde0d6-0 jFCfG\">\n<div data-testid=\"image\" class=\"sc-a34861b-1 jxzoZC\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/bbcx\/grey-placeholder.png\" class=\"sc-a34861b-0 cOpVbP hide-when-no-script\"\/><img decoding=\"async\" sizes=\"(min-width: 1280px) 50vw, (min-width: 1008px) 66vw, 96vw\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/240\/cpsprodpb\/de02\/live\/fe2be9d0-bd0d-11ef-83dc-bf40dc4f9861.jpg.webp 240w,https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/320\/cpsprodpb\/de02\/live\/fe2be9d0-bd0d-11ef-83dc-bf40dc4f9861.jpg.webp 320w,https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/480\/cpsprodpb\/de02\/live\/fe2be9d0-bd0d-11ef-83dc-bf40dc4f9861.jpg.webp 480w,https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/640\/cpsprodpb\/de02\/live\/fe2be9d0-bd0d-11ef-83dc-bf40dc4f9861.jpg.webp 640w,https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/800\/cpsprodpb\/de02\/live\/fe2be9d0-bd0d-11ef-83dc-bf40dc4f9861.jpg.webp 800w,https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/1024\/cpsprodpb\/de02\/live\/fe2be9d0-bd0d-11ef-83dc-bf40dc4f9861.jpg.webp 1024w,https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/1536\/cpsprodpb\/de02\/live\/fe2be9d0-bd0d-11ef-83dc-bf40dc4f9861.jpg.webp 1536w\" src=\"https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/480\/cpsprodpb\/de02\/live\/fe2be9d0-bd0d-11ef-83dc-bf40dc4f9861.jpg.webp\" alt=\"EPA Kirillov pictured wearing Army uniform and speaking at a news conference\" class=\"sc-a34861b-0 efFcac\"\/><span class=\"sc-a34861b-2 fxQYxK\">EPA<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><figcaption class=\"sc-8353772e-0 cvNhQw\">Kirillov was killed outside an apartment block on Tuesday<!-- --><\/figcaption><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<div data-component=\"text-block\" class=\"sc-18fde0d6-0 dlWCEZ\">\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">In a video published by the FSB, the purported suspect &#8211; a dark-haired man wearing handcuffs with what appears to be a visible rip in his coat &#8211; speaks directly to the camera.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">He appears to say he was offered a reward of $100,000 and permission to move to the European Union in exchange for killing Kirillov.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">The FSB added that on Ukraine&#8217;s instructions, he arrived in Moscow and received a homemade explosive device.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">He placed the explosive device on an electric scooter, which he parked at the entrance to the residential building where Kirillov lived, the FSB said.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">He then rented a car to monitor Kirillov&#8217;s residence and installed a camera on the dashboard which livestreamed a video feed to handlers in the Ukrainian city of Dnipro, the statement added.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">When they saw Kirillov emerge from the house, the suspect was told to press the button and detonate the bomb, the FSB said.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">Irina Volk, from Russia&#8217;s interior ministry, said in a statement on messaging platform <!-- --><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/t.me\/IrinaVolk_MVD\/3165\" class=\"sc-c9299ecf-0 bZUiKB\" rel=\"noopener\">Telegram<!-- --><\/a> that the suspect had been detained in the village of Chernoye, Balashikha, in the Moscow region, before being &#8220;transferred to investigative bodies&#8221;. <!-- --><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<figure>\n<div data-component=\"image-block\" class=\"sc-18fde0d6-0 gfTVSf\">\n<div data-testid=\"image\" class=\"sc-a34861b-1 jxzoZC\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/bbcx\/grey-placeholder.png\" class=\"sc-a34861b-0 cOpVbP hide-when-no-script\"\/><img decoding=\"async\" sizes=\"(min-width: 1280px) 50vw, (min-width: 1008px) 66vw, 96vw\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/240\/cpsprodpb\/d1c5\/live\/0d54ea90-bd10-11ef-aff0-072ce821b6ab.png.webp 240w,https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/320\/cpsprodpb\/d1c5\/live\/0d54ea90-bd10-11ef-aff0-072ce821b6ab.png.webp 320w,https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/480\/cpsprodpb\/d1c5\/live\/0d54ea90-bd10-11ef-aff0-072ce821b6ab.png.webp 480w,https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/640\/cpsprodpb\/d1c5\/live\/0d54ea90-bd10-11ef-aff0-072ce821b6ab.png.webp 640w,https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/800\/cpsprodpb\/d1c5\/live\/0d54ea90-bd10-11ef-aff0-072ce821b6ab.png.webp 800w,https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/1024\/cpsprodpb\/d1c5\/live\/0d54ea90-bd10-11ef-aff0-072ce821b6ab.png.webp 1024w,https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/1536\/cpsprodpb\/d1c5\/live\/0d54ea90-bd10-11ef-aff0-072ce821b6ab.png.webp 1536w\" src=\"https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/480\/cpsprodpb\/d1c5\/live\/0d54ea90-bd10-11ef-aff0-072ce821b6ab.png.webp\" alt=\"An edited birds-eye Google map points out the location where the bomb exploded in Moscow\" class=\"sc-a34861b-0 efFcac\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<div data-component=\"text-block\" class=\"sc-18fde0d6-0 dlWCEZ\">\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">Kirillov is thought to be the most senior military figure assassinated inside Russia since the country invaded Ukraine nearly three years ago. <!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">Alongside being charged by Ukraine, the 54-year-old had previously been <!-- --><a target=\"_self\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/articles\/c5yj5qepe4wo\" class=\"sc-c9299ecf-0 bZUiKB\" rel=\"noopener\">sanctioned by the UK over the alleged use of chemical weapons<!-- --><\/a> in Ukraine. <!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">Ukraine&#8217;s SBU security service has claimed Russia used chemical weapons more than 4,800 times under the general&#8217;s leadership.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">Moscow denies this, and <!-- --><a target=\"_self\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/live\/c4gx6p347dgt?post=asset%3Acbbf47da-023f-482e-aa45-e3cc481a8c1d#post\" class=\"sc-c9299ecf-0 bZUiKB\" rel=\"noopener\">says it destroyed the last remainder of its vast chemical weapons stockpile in 2017.<!-- --><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">Pictures from the scene outside Kirillov&#8217;s apartment block in south-eastern Moscow on Tuesday showed the badly damaged entrance, with scorch marks on the walls and a number of windows blown out. Two body bags could also be seen on the street.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">Also on Wednesday, the Russian Foreign Ministry said Russia would raise Kirillov&#8217;s assassination at the meeting of the United Nations Security Council on Friday.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">Russian officials have vowed to find and punish those involved in the killing. <!-- --><\/p>\n<\/div>\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.bbc.com\/news\/articles\/cge9rv38x98o\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>EPA Flowers have been placed close to where Kirillov and his assistant were killed Russia&#8217;s security service says a 29-year-old man from Uzbekistan has been detained over the killing of &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=138531\" 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-138531","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-world","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/138531","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=138531"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/138531\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=138531"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=138531"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=138531"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}