Rome, 17 December 2024 – Un video which is circulating on the web show the moment of the explosion who killed the commander of the Russian Radionuclear, Chemical and Biological Defense Forces, Igor Kirillov, and his deputy Petrenko. The attack was claimed by Ukrainian military intelligence service (SBU), who they believed to be the Russian lieutenant general “legitimate objective” as a “war criminal”.
Kirillov used chemical weapons in Ukraine
Kirillov was accused by Kiev of having used chemical weapons in battles against Ukrainian troops. London also sanctioned Kirillov last October for “deploying barbaric chemical weapons in Ukraine”, and today the British government simply said that he would not shed tears for his death.
Revenge and strategic murder
A revenge, but also a strategic assassination for the war at a time when Russian President Vladimir Putin is constantly talking about nuclear weapons and praises the victories of the Russian offensive in Ukraineongoing since February 2022. The Tsar only yesterday underlined the overwhelming pace of his troops’ advance.
The commander of the Russian Radionuclear, Chemical and Biological Defense Forces, Igor Kirillov, and his deputy Petrenko, exit a building. Shortly after the scooter explosion
A camera in a car
In the video, taken by one fixed camera probably placed inside a parked car across the street, viale Ryazansky in the south-east of Moscow, Kirillov and his deputy are seen leaving a building and shortly after being overwhelmed and killed by the explosion.
The explosive scooter
The bomb was hidden in an electric scooter, left near the point where the two victims allegedly passed. A bang equivalent to 300 grams of TNT, according to the Russian bomb squad, which left Kirillov and his assistant no escape.
Medvedev: retaliation against the Ukrainian leadership
The attack was condemned by the Kremlin, and the vice-president of the Russian Security Council Dmitri Medvedev he swore revenge on the Ukrainian leadership. “Realizing the inevitability of his military defeat, Kiev launches cowardly and despicable attacks in peaceful cities,” Medvedev said.
