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[A high-ranking general in the Russian armed forces
and his assistant have been killed
in an explosion in Moscow.

Lt Gen Igor Kirillov, head of the
Nuclear, Biological, Chemical Defence Forces (NBC),
was leaving a residential block early on Tuesday
when a device hidden in a scooter was detonated,
Russia's Investigative Committee said.

Pictures from the scene showed the
entrance to a building badly damaged,
with scorch marks on the walls and
a number of windows blown out.
Two body bags could also be seen
on the street.

In October, the UK placed sanctions
on Kirillov, saying he had overseen the
use of chemical weapons in Ukraine and
acted as a "significant mouthpiece
for Kremlin disinformation".

On Monday, Ukraine's secret service,
the SBU, charged him in absentia,
saying on Telegram, external he
was "responsible for the mass use of
banned chemical weapons".]


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