Investigates work at the place where Lt. General Igor Kirillov, the head of Russia's Nuclear, Biological, and Chemical Defence Forces was killed (AP) 
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Head of Russia's nuclear defence forces killed in explosion in Moscow

Kirillov was sentenced in absentia by a Ukrainian court Monday for the use of banned chemical weapons during Russia's military operation in Ukraine that started in February 2022

AP

MOSCOW: The head of Russia's Nuclear, Biological, and Chemical Defence Forces, Lt. General Igor Kirillov, was killed early Tuesday by an explosive device planted close to a residential apartment block in Moscow, Russia's Investigative Committee said.

Kirillov's assistant also died in the blast.blast

Kirillov was sentenced in absentia by a Ukrainian court Monday for the use of banned chemical weapons during Russia's military operation in Ukraine that started in February 2022.

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