Moscow:
The war between Russia and Ukraine is becoming dangerous. Russia’s Nuclear Chief Igor Kirillov died in a massive explosion in Moscow on Tuesday. According to the report, General Kirillov was coming out of the apartment when a scooter parked nearby exploded. In this, along with Kirillov, his assistant has also been killed. This blast took place just 7 km away from the Kremlin, the presidential palace in Moscow. A scooter was blasted using 300 grams of TNT. Ukraine has taken responsibility for this explosion. From Ukraine it was told that Kirillov was killed under a special mission.
Let us know who was Russia’s Nuclear Chief Kirillov and why Ukraine made his death its mission:-
Chief of Nuclear Force created in 2017
According to the report of ‘The Independent’, Lieutenant General Igor Kirillov was a senior member of the Kremlin’s Russian Presidential Office. His agency is formally known as RKhBZ. Kirillov (54) was made the Chief of the Nuclear Force in April 2017. He had been the chief of Russia’s radiation, chemical and biological weapons departments.
Kirillov was known for brutality
Kirillov is considered close to Russian President Vladimir Putin. He was known for his brutality. He is also called the mastermind of biological attack in Ukraine. According to AFP report, Kirillov is accused of carrying out attacks by filling poisonous gas in drones, grenades and chemical attacks in Ukraine.
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Ukraine was accused of developing dirty bombs
Igor Kirillov came into limelight after the war between Russia and Ukraine started on 22 February 2022. Justifying Russia’s attack, he said that America was building a biological weapons lab in Ukraine. Kirillov had also claimed that Ukraine was developing a dangerous dirty bomb. However, Western countries including America always denied his claims.
Tag of notorious spokesperson was found
Kirillov was also known for his briefings at the Russian Defense Ministry. For his strange briefings, Britain had described Kirillov as a notorious spokesperson for the Kremlin’s propaganda in the Russian presidential office.
According to Moscow Times, Britain had imposed sanctions on Kirillov and his army in October this year. Kirillov was becoming a problem for the Zelensky government of Ukraine. Ukraine was trying to target him for a long time.
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These big Russian officers died during the war
Before Kirilov, two more senior officials have died in the war between Russia and Ukraine. Earlier, on December 12, 2024, Russian missile expert Mikhail Shatsky was shot dead in Moscow. Shatsky was involved in modernizing Russian missiles. On 28 September 2024, Russian drone specialist Colonel Alexey Kolomeytsev was also murdered in Kolomna city.
Yevgeny Prigozhin also died
At the same time, Yevgeny Prigozhin, who rebelled against Russian President Putin, was killed in a plane crash in June last year. Prigozhin was once counted among the leaders close to Putin. He was the chief of the private army Wagner Group.
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