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General Kirillov – ISW spoke about Russia’s reaction to the liquidation of the general – UNIAN
The Kremlin tried to present Kirillov’s murder as an “unprovoked terrorist act,” not as a consequence of the war in Ukraine.
The liquidation of the head of the Russian Nuclear, Biological and Chemical Defense Forces (RNBZ), Lieutenant General Igor Kirillov, caused a violent reaction in Russia.
As analysts at the American Institute for the Study of War (ISW) write, the Kremlin tried to present Kirillov’s murder as an “unprovoked terrorist act” and not as a consequence of a full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine.
Official Russian speakers cited Kirillov’s allegedly “true statements” about the alleged use of chemical and biological weapons by Ukraine and NATO as the reason for the liquidation. As analysts note, Kirillov stated that…
