During a press briefing on Tuesday's issue assassination of Igor Kirillovwhich was most likely the result of the activities of the Security Service of Ukraine, Matthew Miller assured that The US was not prejudiced or involved in the murder of the commander of the Russian radiochemical and biological protection forces.
At the same time, the State Department spokesman declined to assess the attack, but emphasized that Kirillov “participated in a number of crimes.”
As Miller recalled, the Russian general was involved in use of chemical weapons against the Ukrainian militaryincluding, among others: CS tear gas, the use of which is prohibited by international law.
Assassination attempt on Igor Kirillov. The US Department of State has spoken
According to Interfax-Ukraine, Kirillov and his assistant died in an explosion on Tuesday morningwhich took place in the capital Russiaapprox. seven km from Kremlin. According to Moscow investigators, a bomb with a destructive power equal to 200 grams of TNT was hidden in an electric scooter – reported the Meduza website.
– Kirillov was a war criminal and a completely justified target because he ordered the use of prohibited chemical weapons against Ukrainian soldiers – said an SBU source quoted by the ABC television website.
In addition, the killed general was known as “spokesman for Kremlin disinformation“spreading lies to cover up Russia's shameful conduct,” as the British Foreign Office described him.
Kirillov became famous, among others, for stating that the US had built biological weapons laboratories in Ukraine, which was supposed to be one of many justifications for a full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine. He also claimed that Kyiv seeks nuclear escalation and that Ukraine is building the so-called dirty bomb.
Commenting on the assassination of Kirillov, spokesman for the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs Maria Zakharovawrote that the general “for many years systematically exposed the crimes of the Anglo-Saxons.” His assassination is a major success for the SBU, as Kirillov is considered the highest-ranking officer killed, well beyond the front line.