Russia has detained a 29-year-old Uzbek national suspected of assassinating General Igor Kirillov. The suspect allegedly confessed to being recruited by Ukrainian intelligence and admitted to planting a homemade explosive device on an electric scooter outside Kirillov’s residence in Moscow. Kirillov was the head of Russia's nuclear, biological, and chemical weapons protection forces. Ukraine's Security Service reportedly took responsibility for the assassination, accusing Kirillov of ordering the use of banned chemical weapons against Ukrainian forces. An aide to Kirillov also died in the explosion.
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00:02Russia has detained a 29-year-old Uzbek national suspected of assassinating General Igor Kirilov.
00:07The suspect alleged he confessed to being recruited by Ukrainian intelligence and admitted
00:12to planting a homemade explosive device on an electric scooter outside Kirilov's residence
00:16in Moscow. Kirilov was the head of Russia's nuclear, biological, and chemical weapons
00:20protection forces. Ukraine's security service reportedly took responsibility for the assassination,
00:26accusing Kirilov of ordering the use of banned chemical weapons against Ukrainian forces.
00:31An aide to Kirilov also died in the explosion.
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