The head of Russia's chemical and biological forces, Lt. General Igor Kirillov, was killed in a Moscow bomb blast claimed by Ukraine.

Igor Kirillov, head of Russia's nuclear and chemical defense, helped spread false claims about Ukraine, the U.S. and COVID-19.

Russian security forces have detained two suspects over the assassination of a top Kremlin general and his assistant in Moscow, Russian media reported on Dec. 18. Lieutenant General Igor Kirillov and his assistant were killed in Moscow on Dec.

Kirillov, who has been killed in Moscow, was accused by the West of overseeing the use of chemical weapons on the battlefield in Ukraine.

Kirillov ran Russia’s nuclear, biological and chemical defense forces. Kyiv previously accused him of ordering the use of chemical weapons against Ukraine.

Russian officials say a man has been detained over the killing of Lt. General Igor Kirillov, who led Russia's chemical and biological weapons unit.

Russia said on Wednesday it had detained an Uzbek man who had confessed to planting and detonating a bomb which killed a top general, Igor Kirillov, in Moscow on the instructions of Ukraine's SBU security service.

A senior Russian general was killed in a bomb blast in a residential neighborhood in Moscow, Russian media reported early Tuesday.

Kirillov, who was chief of Russia ’s nuclear, biological and chemical protection troops, was killed outside his apartment building on Tuesday along with his assistant when a bomb hidden in an electric scooter went off. He is the most senior Russian military officer to be assassinated in Russia by Ukraine.

Russia has detained a citizen of Uzbekistan who it says has confessed to planting the bomb that killed Lieutenant General Igor Kirillov in Moscow.

A 29-year-old Uzbekistani national has been arrested in connection with Tuesday’s assassination of Lieutenant General Igor Kirillov, the head of Russia’s radiation, chemical, and biological defense forces.

Lt. Gen. Igor Kirillov was killed Tuesday by a bomb hidden on an electric scooter outside his apartment building.