By Free Republic | Created at 2024-12-17 09:27:27 | Updated at 2024-12-17 11:59:16
2 hours ago
Ukraine says it killed senior Russian general who died in scooter blast
BBC ^ | Dec 17 | BBC
Posted on 12/17/2024 1:11:08 AM PST by RandFan
Summary
Ukraine says it killed a Russian general who died in an explosion in Moscow on Tuesday morning
Lt Gen Igor Kirillov was at the entrance to a residential block when a device hidden in an electric scooter went off
Sources in the Ukrainian security services tell the BBC Kirillov was a "legitimate target"
On Monday, Kirillov was charged in Kyiv for the use of banned chemical weapons in Ukraine
Kirillov had already been sanctioned by the UK, and others, for his role in Russia's use of chemical weapons
The bomb was remotely operated and contained around 300g of explosives, Russian state media reports
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TOPICS: Breaking News; News/Current Events; Russia; Ukraine
KEYWORDS: 1lessmonster; anotherputinfailure; byejerk; karma
1 posted on 12/17/2024 1:11:08 AM PST by RandFan
To: RandFan
Good riddance to a murderous monster!
2 posted on 12/17/2024 1:13:02 AM PST by canuck_conservative (NATO - now celebrating 75 successful years of keeping the Russian monsters out!!)
To: RandFan
Putin doesn’t seem to have read Sun-Tzu —> a long war is bad for both sides.
3 posted on 12/17/2024 1:26:34 AM PST by Cronos
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