Russian general Igor Kirillov was killed on Tuesday December 17 in an explosion in Moscow which was later claimed by Ukraine. The Russian president admitted that the intelligence services had failed.
Russian President Vladimir Putin recognized this Thursday, December 19 that his special services had failed to prevent the assassination on Tuesday, December 17 of Russian general Igor Kirillov, killed in an explosion in Moscow claimed by kyiv.
“This means that our intelligence services let these attacks pass. They let these attacks pass,” admitted the leader during his major annual press conference.
“We must simply improve this work, we must not allow such flaws,” he added, in his first speech on this assassination, more than 48 hours after it took place.
A suspect arrested
General Igor Kirillov was killed on Tuesday, December 17 in the southeast of Moscow, in an explosion claimed by the Ukrainian secret services (SBU), a modus operandi described Thursday by Vladimir Putin as “terrorist”.
His death in the heart of Moscow raises questions about the security protocols surrounding Russian leaders and important figures in the country, while the Russian capital has been heavily protected for three years.
General Kirillov, sanctioned in October by London for the alleged deployment of chemical weapons in Ukraine, is the most senior Russian military official known to have been killed since the start of the Russian offensive against its Ukrainian neighbor in February 2022. A suspect – an Uzbek citizen born in 1995 – was arrested, the Russian Investigative Committee announced on Wednesday.
Ukraine has claimed or been attributed to several assassinations in Russia and the occupied territories since 2022, which have notably targeted military or political leaders and ideological supporters of the Russian assault.
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