Kyiv is reportedly behind a bomb attack in Moscow that killed Lieutenant General Igor Kirillov, chief of Russia's Nuclear, Biological, and Chemical Protection Troops, and his deputy. The attack comes a day after Ukrainian prosecutors charged Kirillov with using banned chemical weapons. Russian authorities have to vow retaliate. on.
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00:00Several news agencies say Kiev is behind a bomb attack that killed a senior Russian general in Moscow.
00:07A source inside Ukraine's security forces told Reuters and AFP that Lieutenant General Igor Kirilov was killed in a special operation.
00:17Kirilov was the chief of Russia's nuclear, biological and chemical protection troops, special forces who operate under conditions of contamination.
00:27He and his deputy were killed by a bomb hidden in a scooter.
00:31His death comes a day after Ukrainian prosecutors charged him with using banned chemical weapons in Ukraine.
00:38Russian authorities have vowed to retaliate.
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