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Watch live from Moscow as police surround the scene of a bomb explosion that killed a senior Russian general on Tuesday, 17 December.

Igor Kirillov was charged by Kyiv over use of banned chemical weapons in war

Russian General Igor Kirillov, wanted by Ukraine for chemical weapons use, killed by bomb in Moscow. Investigation ongoing.

The head of the Russian army's chemical weapons division died on Tuesday when an explosive device attached to a scooter went off outside an apartment building in Moscow, officials said.

Lieutenant General Igor Kirillov was killed outside an apartment after a device inside a scooter detonated

Russia’s Investigative Committee says Lt. General Igor Kirillov, the head of Russia’s Nuclear, Biological, and Chemical Defence Forces, was killed early Tuesday by an explosive device planted close to a residential apartment block in Moscow

Tragic incident in Moscow as bomb kills General Kirillov, head of Russia's Nuclear, Biological and Chemical Protection Troops, sparking a criminal investig...

Ukrainian prosecutors had charged Igor Kirillov in absentia over the alleged use of banned chemical weapons in Ukraine

Chief of Russia’s Troops of Radiological, Chemical and Biological Defence killed outside an apartment building.

As Germany heads for elections, its security services warn that Russia and its sympathisers may step up meddling and disinformation to boost extremist parties and sow doubt about the democratic process.

HTS fighters guard the gates of Khmeimim airbase as Syrian leaders take a pragmatic approach to relations with foreign powers – including Russia