U.S. denies involvement in Moscow bomb that killed general
The U.S. State Department rejects accusations of involvement in the assassination of General Igor Kirillov in Moscow. The general was responsible for the use of chemical weapons in Ukraine.
6:12 AM EST, December 18, 2024
U.S. State Department spokesperson Matthew Miller firmly denied that the United States had any connection to the assassination of Russian General Igor Kirillov, who was killed in Moscow. "I can tell you that the United States was not aware of it in advance and was not involved," emphasized Miller during the Tuesday press briefing.
Miller noted that General Kirillov was responsible for the use of chemical weapons against Ukrainian forces.
Assassination of General Kirillov
General Igor Kirillov, commander of the Russian Radiochemical and Biological Defense Forces, died as a result of a bomb explosion in Moscow. The Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) claimed responsibility for the attack, describing it as a special operation. According to the Interfax-Ukraine agency, the explosion occurred Tuesday morning on Ryazansky Prospect, about four miles from the Kremlin. The bomb, with an explosive force equivalent to 0.44 pounds of TNT, was hidden in an electric scooter.
The assassination of Kirillov occurred a day after the SBU identified him as a suspect in the mass use of prohibited chemical weapons against the Ukrainian Defense Forces. However, the State Department spokesperson refused to judge the attack, merely emphasizing that Kirillov participated in a series of crimes.
