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Russia detains Uzbek man over general's killing in Moscow
12 minutes ago
Amy Walker
Russia's security service says a 29-year-old man from Uzbekistan has been detained over the killing of senior general Igor Kirillov and his assistant in Moscow.
Lt Gen Igor Kirillov, head of the Radiation, Chemical and Biological Protection Forces, was outside a residential block early on Tuesday when an explosive device hidden in a scooter was detonated remotely.
The Russian security service said the unnamed suspect was recruited by Ukrainian intelligence, according to state media agencies.
In a video published by the FSB, the purported suspect - a dark-haired man wearing handcuffs with what appears to be a visible rip in his coat - speaks directly to the camera.
He appears to say he was offered a reward of $100,000 and permission to move to the European Union in exchange for killing Kirillov.
The FSB added that on Ukraine's instructions, he arrived in Moscow and received a homemade explosive device.
He placed the explosive device on an electric scooter, which he parked at the entrance to the residential building where Kirillov lived, the FSB said.
He then rented a car to monitor Kirillov's residence and installed a camera on the dashboard which livestreamed a video feed to handlers in the Ukrainian city of Dnipro, the statement added.
When they saw Kirillov emerge from the house, the suspect was told to press the button and detonate the bomb, the FSB said.
Irina Volk, from Russia's interior ministry, said in a statement on messaging platform Telegram that the suspect had been detained in the village of Chernoye, Balashikha, in the Moscow region, before being "transferred to investigative bodies"
Kirillov is thought to be the most senior military figure assassinated inside Russia since the country invaded Ukraine nearly three years ago.
Alongside being charged by Ukraine, the 54-year-old had previously been sanctioned by the UK over the alleged use of chemical weapons in Ukraine.
Ukraine's SBU security service has claimed Russia used chemical weapons more than 4,800 times under the general's leadership.
Moscow denies this, and says it destroyed the last remainder of its vast chemical weapons stockpile in 2017.
Pictures from the scene outside Kirillov's apartment block in south-eastern Moscow on Tuesday showed the badly damaged entrance, with scorch marks on the walls and a number of windows blown out. Two body bags could also be seen on the street.
Also on Wednesday, the Russian Foreign Ministry said Russia would raise Kirillov's assassination at the meeting of the United Nations Security Council on Friday.
Russian officials have vowed to find and punish those involved in the killing
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