MOSCOW — A Russian intelligence company mentioned Wednesday that it has detained a suspect within the killing of a senior common in Moscow.
The suspect was described as an Uzbek citizen recruited by Ukrainian intelligence providers.
Russia’s Federal Safety Service, or FSB, did not title the suspect, however mentioned he was born in 1995. In keeping with a press release by the FSB, the suspect mentioned himself that he was recruited by Ukrainian particular providers.
Lt. Gen. Igor Kirillov was killed Tuesday by a bomb hidden in a scooter outdoors his house constructing in Moscow, a day after Ukraine’s safety service leveled prison costs in opposition to him. A Ukrainian official mentioned the service carried out the assault.
Kirillov was the chief of the army’s nuclear, organic and chemical safety forces. His assistant additionally died within the assault.
Kirillov, 54, was beneath sanctions from several countries, together with the U.Okay. and Canada, for his actions in Moscow’s army operation in Ukraine. On Monday, Ukraine’s Safety Service, or SBU, opened a prison investigation in opposition to him, accusing him of directing the usage of banned chemical weapons.
Russia has denied utilizing any chemical weapons in Ukraine and, in flip, has accused Kyiv of utilizing poisonous brokers in fight.
Kirillov, who took his present job in 2017, was some of the high-profile figures to degree these accusations. He held quite a few briefings to accuse the Ukrainian army of utilizing poisonous brokers and planning to launch assaults with radioactive substances — claims that Ukraine and its Western allies rejected as propaganda.
The bomb utilized in Tuesday’s assault was triggered remotely, in accordance with Russian information stories. Pictures from the scene confirmed shattered home windows and scorched brickwork.
Russia’s prime state investigative company mentioned it’s trying into Kirillov’s loss of life as a case of terrorism, and officers in Moscow vowed to punish Ukraine.
