(18 Dec 2024)
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Moscow – 18 December 2024
1. Mid of fence at blast scene, flowers on the wall
2. Close of flowers
3. Various of blast scene, worker measuring broken windows
4. Close of wall destroyed by explosion
5. Various of blast scene, flowers
STORYLINE:
Flowers were seen Wednesday at the entrance to the apartment building in Moscow where Lt. Gen. Igor Kirillov and his assistant Ilya Polikarpov were killed by a bomb hidden on an electric scooter — a bold assassination that was claimed by Ukraine’s security service.
Russia’s security service says it has detained a citizen from Uzbekistan in the bombing.
The suspect was identified by Tass and RIA-Novosti news agencies as Akhmad Kurbanov of Uzbekistan.
The Federal Security Service, or FSB, which did not identify him, said he was born in 1995 and was recruited by Ukraine’s security service.
The Associated Press could not confirm the conditions under which the suspect spoke to the FSB.
He said he had been promised $100,000 and resettlement in a European Union country in exchange for killing Kirillov, according to the FSB.
The agency said that acting on instructions from Ukraine, the suspect picked up a homemade bomb in Moscow, placed it on an e-scooter and parked it at the entrance to Kirillov’s apartment building.
The suspect, who was detained in a village in the Moscow region, according to Interior Ministry, could face a life sentence if convicted.
Kirillov, 54, was the chief of Russia’s Radiation, Biological and Chemical Protection Forces.
He was under sanctions from several countries, including the U.K. and Canada, for his actions in Russia’s special operation in Ukraine.
On Monday, Ukraine’s Security Service, or SBU, opened a criminal investigation against him, accusing him of directing the use of banned chemical weapons.
Russia has denied using any chemical weapons in Ukraine and has accused Kyiv of using toxic agents in combat.
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