OAN Staff Brooke Mallory
4:50 PM – Tuesday, December 17, 2024
The head of Russia's nuclear, chemical and biological defense forces was killed in a bombing outside a Moscow apartment building on Tuesday, after Ukraine accused Russia of using banned chemical weapons on the battlefield. Ta.
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Russian media claimed that the bombs were detonated by remote control and contained between 300 grams and 1 kilogram of explosives. BBC Reported.
Additionally, other reports that have surfaced state that the bomb was strategically placed on an electric scooter.
Igor Kirillov, 54, was found guilty of war crimes on Monday by Ukraine's highest internal security agency, the SBU, for using “prohibited chemical weapons” against Ukrainian soldiers engaged in combat. ”.
A Ukrainian law enforcement official told the outlet that Kiev had not “officially” acknowledged responsibility for the murder. politiko According to the report, the SBU was directly involved in the assassination. forbes.
“Mr. Kirillov is a war criminal and was a perfectly legitimate target because he ordered the use of banned chemical weapons against the Ukrainian military…Retaliation for war crimes is inevitable,” said a Ukrainian official who requested anonymity. officials told the media.
Meanwhile, Douglas MacGregor, a retired US Army colonel and former adviser to the Secretary of Defense, posted on X about the news. However, his claims have not yet been confirmed.
In October, Kirillov and other Russian government officials were also sanctioned by the British government for using chemical weapons against Ukrainian forces. Mr Kirillov was subject to an asset freeze and travel ban as part of his sentence.
British officials commented on the news of the assassination.
The UK Foreign Office said: “Mr Kirillov is also a key spokesperson for the Kremlin's disinformation, spreading lies to cover up Russia's shameful and dangerous actions.”
Additionally, numerous other social media users chimed in and expressed their own theories about X.
but, interceptAccording to the politically far-left outlet all sides political bias meter, In 2022, 10 Russian biologists opposed their government and claimed to have made contrary claims.
“Ten Russian biologists, including one who remains in Russia, say the Russian government is lying about having evidence that biological weapons are being developed in a U.S.-funded laboratory in Ukraine.'' publicly criticized.
Biologists say documents released to the public last week by the Russian Defense Ministry purporting to be evidence of a “bioweapons laboratory” under the control of the Pentagon in Ukraine actually contain comparisons used in public health research. A collection of harmless pathogens has been described. ” intercept reported.
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