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The arrests come after the death, on December 17, in Moscow, of General Igor Kirillov, in a bomb explosion.
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Russia's main security agency said it had arrested several suspects accused of being involved in an alleged Ukrainian plot to assassinate senior officers. The announcement follows the assassination of a high-ranking Russian general last week.
The Federal Security Service (FSB), successor to the KGB, said in a statement carried by Russian news agencies that it had arrested four Russians accused of preparing the assassination of senior Defense Ministry officials.
The FSB said the suspected organizers of the attacks planned to kill one of the senior officials using a car bomb.
He added that another senior military official was to be assassinated using an explosive device concealed in an envelope.
The agency did not name the military officers targeted in the alleged plot.
The FSB released a video showing the arrest and interrogation of the suspects, who were not named.
This statement follows the death of Lieutenant General Igor Kirillov, killed on December 17 by a bomb hidden on an electric scooter parked in front of his building while he was on his way to his office.
Kirillov's assistant was also killed in this attack claimed by Ukraine and which brought the conflict back to the streets of the Russian capital.
The FSB arrested a suspect in connection with the attack, a citizen of Uzbekistan, and claimed that he had been recruited by Ukrainian special services.
Kirillov, 54, was the head of Russia's protection forces against radiation and biological and chemical agents.
These special troops are responsible for protecting the army against the enemy's use of nuclear, chemical or biological weapons and ensuring operations in a contaminated environment.
Russian President Vladimir Putin called Kirillov's assassination a “major blunder” by Russia's security agencies, stressing that they should learn from it and improve their efficiency.
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