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- A top general in charge of Russian nuclear protection forces has been killed along with an aide by a bomb hidden in an electric scooter in Moscow, according to Russia’s investigative committee.
- A source in the Security Service of Ukraine says the agency claims responsibility for the killing of Lieutenant General Igor Kirillov. Ukraine has yet to officially comment.
- The 54-year-old, a key figure in Russia’s war in Ukraine, was killed outside an apartment building on Ryazansky Prospekt.
- Kirillov was the head of the country’s radiological, chemical and biological defence, responsible for protection against threats from nuclear, chemical and biological weapons.