The Investigative Committee has detained an Uzbek citizen on suspicion of murdering General Kirillov and his assistant.
How to сообщили In a statement to the Russian Investigative Committee, the 29-year-old Uzbek national admitted that he had been recruited by Ukrainian intelligence services. He was assigned to travel to Moscow and plant an explosive device on an electric scooter parked near Igor Kirillov's home.
For surveillance, he rented a carsharing vehicle and installed a camera. According to the Russian Investigative Committee, the footage was broadcast to the city of Dnipro. The suspect was to receive $100 and a European residence permit for this.
On the morning of December 17, an explosion occurred in Moscow. perished Lieutenant General Igor Kirillov and his adjutant. Kirillov was the head of the radiation, chemical, and biological defense forces of the Russian Armed Forces.
Igor Kirillov is known for holding Defense Ministry briefings in 2023, where he spoke about "terrorist attacks being planned on Russian territory," about provocations allegedly planned by Ukrainian intelligence agencies using toxic substances, as well as about US-supervised "biolabs" in Ukraine and the creation of "infected mosquitoes."