Medvedev Vows Retaliation Against Ukraine for Assassination of General Kirillov in Moscow

Dec 17, 2024, 12:50 PM

Dmitry Medvedev, Deputy Chairman of the Russian Security Council, has vowed 'inevitable retaliation' against Ukraine's military and political leadership following the assassination of Lieutenant General Igor Kirillov, head of Russia's Radiological, Chemical, and Biological Defense Troops. Kirillov was killed in Moscow due to an explosion. Medvedev described the attack as an act of 'agony' by the Kiev regime, accusing Ukraine of attempting to justify its military failures to the West through terrorist acts in peaceful cities. He emphasized that the Ukrainian leadership would face imminent punishment for Kirillov's death.