Igor Kirillov was blown up in Moscow / SHOT

As a result of an explosion in Moscow on the morning of December 17, the head of the radiation, chemical and biological defense forces of the Russian Armed Forces, Lieutenant General Igor Kirillov, died.

This is reported by "Baza" and SHOT. According to preliminary data, Kirillov's assistant also died. According to eyewitnesses, the explosion rang out when the men were leaving the house.

In the house itself, the front door was torn off and the windows were broken. The general's official car was also damaged.

Previously, an unknown person parked a scooter with an explosive strapped to the handle near the entrance of the general a few hours before the explosion - around 2-3 am.

The detonation was carried out remotely. Probably, the bomber or his accomplice could not even be in the visibility zone, but gain access to the entrance camera, which many residents of the housing complex have.

The Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation officially confirmed the death of Kirillov and his assistant.

"According to the investigation, on the morning of December 17, on Ryazansky Prospect in Moscow, an explosive device planted in a scooter standing next to the entrance of a residential building was activated. As a result of the incident, the head of the radiation, chemical and biological defense forces of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation Ihor Kyrylov and his assistant died," the statement said.

Investigators, forensics and operational services are working at the scene. Investigative actions and investigative measures aimed at establishing all the circumstances of the committed crime are being carried out.

Yesterday, December 16, the Security Service of Ukraine notified Kyrylov in absentia about the suspicion. According to the investigation, he personally ordered the use of chemical weapons against the Defense Forces of Ukraine.

"The official is responsible for the mass use of prohibited chemical weapons by the Russians against the Defense Forces on the eastern and southern fronts of Ukraine. By order of Kirillov, since the beginning of the full-scale war, more than 4,800 deaths have been recorded. cases of the enemy's use of chemical munitions," the SBU noted.

For the most part, the occupiers use ammunition with poisonous substances in the form of drops from FPV drones on the defense points of the Ukrainian defenders. When grenades with a chemical charge are activated, their poisonous compounds affect the mucous membranes of a person, primarily the eyes and respiratory tract.

In this way, the Rashists are trying to force the Ukrainian soldiers to come out of the trenches under the direct fire of the occupiers.

According to the investigation, the occupiers use dangerous chemicals mainly in the hottest areas of hostilities, where they try to hide the use of chemical agents under heavy artillery fire.
The SBU identified Russian grenades with poisonous substances and corresponding soil samples on the battlefield and handed them over to the international Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons in a procedural manner (chain-of-custody). Two laboratories of this institution, which operate separately from each other, confirmed the respective war crimes of Russia.
"On the basis of the collected evidence, the investigators of the Security Service informed Kirillov in absentia about the suspicion under part. 2 Art. 28, ch. 1 Art. 438 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine (a war crime committed by a group of persons based on a prior conspiracy)," the SBU added.