The entrance to the building was seriously damaged and the windows of several apartments were broken, according to images published by Russian media.
“A criminal investigation into the assassination of the two soldiers in Moscow has been opened,” according to the Russian Investigative Committee.
Investigators were dispatched to the scene and examinations are underway to establish “all the circumstances” of the incident, according to the same source.
In office since April 2017, Igor Kirillov was sanctioned in October by the United Kingdom for “deploying barbaric chemical weapons in Ukraine”.
His assassination comes in the middle of the Russian offensive in Ukraine, underway since February 2022.
On Monday, Russian President Vladimir Putin took stock of the fighting in Ukraine for the year 2024, welcoming the pace of the advance of his troops and having “the initiative” on the entire front at the end of this “pivotal year”.
+ UPDATE | Ukraine claims assassination of senior Russian army official
