Igor Kirillov, Putin’s general murdered with a scooter bomb and one of the most public faces of the Russian Army

Russian lieutenant general Igor Kirillov, murdered this Tuesday in a bomb attack in Moscow as he was leaving his home, he was one of the more public faces of the high command of the Russian Armed Forces.

As head of Russia’s radiological, chemical and biological defense, a position he held since 2017, regularly gave press appearanceslike the one planned for this Tuesday.

In front of journalists he repeatedly accused the Ukrainian Army of using chemical weapons in the conflict in Ukraine. In fact, last August denounced that Russia has detected 400 cases of use of chemical munitions by Ukrainian forces.

“Toxic substances were used that could only be synthesized in the United States. Because other industries are not designed for this and have never produced them,” Kirillov declared.

Two months later, he claimed that Ukrainian troops used chemical weapons when they stormed the city of Sudzha, in Russia’s Kursk region, part of whose territory they occupy to this day.

The US, in its sights

Previously, Kirillov repeatedly referred to foreign biological laboratories and its possible links to the spread of infectious diseases, including Covid,

In particular, the Russian lieutenant general denounced that the United States is expanding its network of biological laboratories outside its territory, where it carries out research with highly pathogenic bacteria and viruses.

In 2023 he assured that the US had plans to launch from drones containers with infected mosquitoes to infect Russian soldiers who fight in Ukraine.

In January of this year he stated that senior officials in the United States premeditatedly hindered the investigation into the causes of Covid and manipulated public opinion.

On the eve of the attack that cost the life of the Russian lieutenant general, the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) declared him suspected of ordering the use of chemical weapons against Ukrainian forces.

“Since the beginning of the large-scale war, more than 4,800 cases of use, by order of Kirillov, of chemical munitions have been recorded,” the SBU said in a statement.

Sanctioned by the West

Kirillov, bass western sanctions due to the war in Ukraine, he participated in the creation of the self-propelled heavy flamethrower TOS-2which has a range of up to 6,000 meters and is capable of covering an area of ​​up to four hectares with a barrage from its 24 nozzles.

He was awarded the title of Hero of Russia of Labor, among many other distinctions.

An anonymous source from the SBU, cited by the public news agency Ukrinform, He claimed Ukrainian responsibility for the attack against Kirillov, in which his assistant also died.