Source: The Telegraph [UK]
“A senior Russian general in charge of the military’s nuclear and chemical weapons division has been killed in a scooter bomb attack claimed by Ukraine. Lieutenant General Igor Kirillov was killed along with his assistant when the bomb was detonated remotely as they left an apartment building a few miles south east of the Kremlin early on Tuesday morning. The Security Service of Ukraine has taken responsibility for the assassination, according to a Ukrainian security source quoted by both Reuters and AFP news agency. … Dmitry Medvedev, deputy chairman of Russia’s Security Council, threatened the Ukrainian leadership with imminent revenge for the assassination.” (12/17/24)