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Russia Arrests Uzbek Suspect Recruited by Ukraine in General Kirillov's Moscow Assassination

Dec 18, 2024, 07:15 AM

Russian authorities have detained two suspects in connection with the assassination of Lieutenant General Igor Kirillov, the head of Russia's Radiation, Chemical, and Biological Defense Forces, and his aide. General Kirillov and his aide were killed in a bombing in Moscow on Tuesday. One of the suspects is a 29-year-old Uzbek citizen, born in 1995, who allegedly confessed to being recruited by Ukrainian intelligence services to carry out the attack. He admitted to arriving in Moscow on a mission, purchasing a scooter, and later acquiring materials for the bomb. The Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) announced the arrests and is continuing the investigation to determine the involvement of other individuals in the terrorist act.