There is an old saying that in a war one should never consider one’s enemy weak. The scooter explosion that took place in Moscow amid the war between Russia and Ukraine seems to prove this saying true to a great extent. In this blast, Ukraine has killed Lieutenant General Kirillov of the Russian Army. Although Russia may have never taken Ukraine lightly in this war, even the slightest laxity regarding the safety of its officers has cost it dearly. The revelations that the Russian investigative agency has now made regarding the scooter blast in Moscow are extremely surprising. It has become clear from the revelations of the Russian investigative agency that Ukraine is not going to put itself on the back foot in this war. This is the reason why he planned this blast thoughtfully.
The bomb was activated with remote control
According to the reports published in Russian media, the bomb blast carried out by Ukraine in Moscow on Tuesday was being planned for a long time. The investigation by the Russian investigative agency has revealed that the bomb that was used to assassinate the Russian Lieutenant General was activated with the help of remote control. Ukraine had planted this bomb in a scooter outside the Russian general’s house. This bomb was activated as soon as Lieutenant General Kirillov went out for a morning walk. Russian Lieutenant General Kirillov died in this blast. The explosion was so powerful that its effect was visible on the surrounding buildings as well. Windows of many buildings have been broken and walls have been broken at many places.
The biggest Russian official killed after 2022
This is the first time since the war between Russia and Ukraine that started in 2022 that a military officer of such a high rank has been murdered inside Russia. According to sources associated with the Security Agency of Ukraine (SBU), Kirillov was their target for a long time. Regarding the killing of the Russian general, Ukraine has said that Kirillov was responsible for the large-scale use of ‘banned chemical weapons’. Sources associated with Ukraine’s SBU security service have claimed that Russia has used around five thousand chemical weapons under the leadership of the general. However, Russia has completely rejected all these allegations.
It has recorded more than 4,800 occasions when Russia has used chemical weapons on the battlefield since its full-scale invasion in February 2022. In May, the US State Department said it had recorded the use of chloropicrin, a poison gas, deployed for the first time. In World War I, against Ukrainian troops. Russia denies this and instead accuses Kiev of using toxic agents in the war.
Ukraine released video
Ukraine has also released a video regarding the murder of Kirilov. In this video it is seen that two people are seen coming out of a building just before the explosion in Moscow. As soon as he reached near the scooter, there was a loud explosion, in which Lieutenant General Kirillov of the Russian Army was killed. One of his associates has died in this attack.
Russia is viewing this attack as a terrorist incident.
According to information received from sources, Russia is considering the incident of death of its top official in the scooter blast in Moscow as a terrorist incident. The Russian investigative agency is currently investigating this incident. While on one hand Russia is still investigating, on the other hand Ukraine has said that it had a hand in this blast.
Ukraine has killed many people before
Several prominent figures have been killed in targeted attacks by Ukraine. Daria Dugina, the daughter of Russian TV channel commentator and Kremlin-linked nationalist ideologue Alexander Dugin, died in a car explosion in 2022. The investigators suspected that this was done targeting his father. Vladlen Tatarsky, a popular military blogger, died in April 2023. He died when a statue given to him at a party in St. Petersburg suddenly exploded. At the same time, in December 2023, former pro-Moscow Ukrainian MP Ilya Kieva, who had fled to Russia, was shot dead near Moscow.
