Ukraine don go kill Russia chief Igor Kirillov chemical weapons for Moscow

One top Russian general wey Ukraine don accuse say him dey responsible for di use of chemical weapons against Ukrainian troops dem don kill am.

Ukraine’s SBU intelligence service on Tuesday morning for di most high-profile killing of dia kind.

Lieutenant General Igor Kirillov, wey be di chief of Russia’s Nuclear, Biological and Chemical Protection Troops, don die outside one apartment building along with him assistant wen one bomb hid inside electric scooter explode, na Russia’s Investigative Committee, wey dey probe serious crimes, talk am.

One SBU source don confirm to news men say di Ukrainian intelligence agency dey behind di hit.

“Di liquidation of di chief of di radiation and chemical protection troops of di Russian Federation na di work of di SBU,” di source talk.

Di source talk say one scooter wey contain explosives don detonate, and e don kill both Kirillov and him aide, as dem step out of one building for Ryazansky Prospekt for Moscow.

Unverified video footage of di attack wey dey circulate for social media show di two men dey as dem dey comot for di building to take enta one car followed by one large explosion as di two men remain for di pavement. Pipo no fit independently verify di footage.

Kirillov, 54, na di most senior Russian military officer to be assassinated inside Russia by Ukraine and him murder go likely prompt di Russian authorities to review security protocols for di army’s top brass and to find way to take avenge him killing.

Former president Dmitry Medvedev, wey don be di senior Russian security official now, wey dem don dey see am for di state report as him say Ukraine’s military and political leadership now dey face imminent revenge for Kirillov’s murder.

Moscow dey hold Ukraine responsible for string of high-profile assassinations for dia soil designed to weaken morale and punish dose Kyiv regard as guilty of war crimes.

Ukraine, wey talk say Russia’s war against am dey pose existential threat to di Ukrainian state, don make clear say him dey regard such targeted killings as legitimate tool.

report and video from di scene dey show di shattered entrance to one apartment building with bomb-blackened bricks and di doors hanging off dia hinges and wetin dey look like two bodies dey lie beneath black plastic sheets for di snow.

Investigators talk say dem don open criminal case into di murder of two servicemen.

Law enforcement sources tell Russian media say terrorism case go likely dey opened.

Kirillov Work ‘Fearlessly For Di Motherland

Russia deny Ukrainian allegations say e dey use chemical weapons for di battlefield and Kirillov, wey dey married with two sons, sometimes dey show for di state TV giving briefings for di Defence Ministry wia him dey accuse Ukraine for violating nuclear safety protocols or di West of various alleged crimes.

Maria Zakharova, one spokeswoman for Russia’s Foreign Ministry, don pay tribute to Kirillov, him say him don work “fearlessly” for “di Motherland” to take expose wetin she talk, di West’s chemical weapons dey related and oda crimes and wetin Moscow talk be cover-ups in Syria and elsewhere.

Britain for October bin don impose sanctions on Kirillov and him nuclear defence forces for using riot control agents and ova multiple reports of di use of di toxic choking agent chloropicrin for di battlefield.

Such agents, Ukraine don allege, dem dey use to disorientate dia troops leaving dem unable to fit defend demself against Russian attacks.

Kirillov don murder one day afta Ukrainian state prosecutors com  report say dem don charge am for absentia with di alleged use of banned chemical weapons, di Kyiv Independent cite di SBU as saying at di time.

Di Lieutenant General also dey listed for one sprawling unofficial Ukrainian database of pipo wey dey considered to be enemies of di country called Myrotvorets (Peacemaker).

One photograph of Kirillov for di website dey overwritten with di word “Liquidated” for red letters on Tuesday morning.

Russia talk say Ukraine don carry out string of targeted assassinations for dia land since di start of Moscow’s full-scale war for Ukraine for February 2022.

Di most high-profile cases include di 2022 killing of Darya Dugina, di daughter of Russian nationalist ideologue Alexander Dugin, for one car bomb attack, di murder of pro-war blogger Vladlen Tatarsky in one 2023 café bombing, and di shooting last year of one Russian submarine commander wey Kyiv accuse of war crimes.

Russia’s radioactive, chemical and biological defence troops, wey dem sabi as RKhBZ, wey Kirillov command, na special forces wey dey operate under conditions of radioactive, chemical and biological contamination and wey dey tasked with protecting ground forces wey dey operate in extreme conditions.

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