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RE: Ukrainians take out Russian general in Moscow accused of using chemical weapons
Quote:Lt. General Igor Kirillov, the head of Russia’s Nuclear, Biological, and Chemical Defense Forces, and his deputy were killed early Tuesday in an explosion in Moscow, Russia’s Investigative Committee announced. The Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) carried out the attack in a special operation, per Ukrainian security sources. Russian officials swiftly vowed retaliation against Ukraine’s leadership.
The explosion reportedly occurred when an explosives-laden scooter was detonated remotely outside an apartment building in the Russian capital. Video circulating online appeared to show Kirillov and his deputy leaving the building moments before the scooter exploded.
“Kirillov was a war criminal and an absolutely legitimate target since he gave orders to use prohibited chemical weapons against the Ukrainian military,” a source within the SBU told CBS News. “Such an inglorious end awaits everyone who kills Ukrainians. Retribution for war crimes is inevitable.”
Russia’s deputy chairman of the Security Council, Dmitry Medvedev, promised swift revenge against Ukrainian leaders for the attack, according to Russia’s RIA news agency.
The bomb, equivalent to about 300 grams of TNT, was remotely triggered, Russian state news agency Tass reported. Investigators and forensic experts are examining the scene, which Russian authorities have classified as a terrorist attack, according to Svetlana Petrenko, a spokesperson for the Investigative Committee.
Kirillov and his unit have been sanctioned by multiple Western countries, including the U.S., U.K., and Canada, for alleged use of chemical weapons during Russia’s ongoing war in Ukraine. Ukraine’s SBU claims that Russia has used chemical weapons over 4,800 times since its full-scale invasion began in February 2022.
In May, the U.S. State Department sanctioned Kirillov’s unit, citing its use of chloropicrin—a poison gas first deployed in World War I—against Ukrainian troops. The U.S. also accused Kirillov of spreading claims that the U.S. developed biological weapons like COVID-19 and the mpox virus. The State Department previously warned these narratives could be a precursor to a “Russian false-flag operation” involving biological or chemical weapons in Ukraine, which would be blamed on the United States and/or Ukraine.
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Fund led by Biden's son involved in financing biolabs in Ukraine: Russia
Quote:Russia on Thursday said that the investment fund Rosemont Seneca led by Hunter Biden, the son of US President Joe Biden, is involved in financing the Pentagon's military biological programme in Ukraine.
The US Agency for International Development (USAID), the George Soros Foundation, and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention also provide financial support to the Pentagon programme, the Russian Defense Ministry added, RT reported.
At the same time, the scientific curator is the US nuclear center at Los Alamos.
"The incoming materials allow us to trace the scheme of interaction between US government agencies and Ukrainian biological objects. Attention is drawn to the involvement in the financing of these activities of structures close to the current US leadership, in particular the Rosemont Seneca investment fund, which is headed by Hunter Biden," said Lt General Igor Kirillov, head of the radiation, chemical and biological defence forces of the Russian Armed Forces, RT reported.
According to him, the fund has resources in the amount of at least $2.4 billion.
"At the same time, the fund has a close relationship with the main contractors of the US military department, including Metabiota, which, along with Black and Veach, is the main supplier of equipment for Pentagon biolabs around the world," he added.
Kirillov said that the Los Alamos nuclear center, where the first American atomic bomb was developed, was one of the scientific curators of the Pentagon's military biological program in Ukraine.
"The scale of the program is impressive. In addition to the military department, the US Agency for International Development, the George Soros Foundation, and the Center for Disease Control and Prevention are directly involved in its implementation. Scientific curation is carried out by leading research organisations, including the Los Alamos National Laboratory, which develops nuclear weapons as part of the Manhattan Project," he said.
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Ukrainians take out Russian general in Moscow accused of using chemical weapons
