The general had faced sanctions for using chemical weapons in Ukraine.

A senior Russian general was killed Tuesday by a bomb hidden in a scooter outside his apartment building in Moscow, a day after Ukraine’s security service leveled criminal charges against him.

Scooter containing explosives was detonated, killing both Kirillov and his aide, as they stepped out of a building.

Ukraine claimed credit Tuesday for the assassination of a senior Russian general on a Moscow street with the remote detonation of a bomb hidden in a scooter outside his apartment building. Lt. Gen. Igor Kirillov, the chief of the military’s nuclear, biological and chemical protection forces,...

Video has emerged showing the moment a Russian general was killed in Moscow. Lieutenant General Igor Kirillov was killed by a bomb concealed in a scooter outside the entrance of an apartment building on December 17.

Igor Kirillov, who led Russia’s nuclear, biological and chemical defense forces, was killed by a remotely detonated bomb hidden in a scooter

The head of the Russian army's chemical weapons division was killed on Tuesday in a brazen attack in Moscow claimed by Kyiv -- the most senior military figure assassinated in Russia yet as the Kremlin's campaign in Ukraine drags on. Igor Kirillov was killed along with his assistant when an…

Kirillov was sanctioned in October by Britain over the alleged use of chemical weapons in Ukraine.

The head of Russia's nuclear and chemical forces was killed by a bomb blast in Moscow early Tuesday, officials said.

Dec. 17 (UPI) -- An explosive device planted near an apartment building in Moscow detonated early Tuesday, killing Russia's Nuclear, Biological and Chemical Defense Forces head, Russia's Investigative Committee said.

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

A senior Russian general was killed by a bomb outside his apartment in Moscow. A Ukrainian official said the service carried out the attack.

Igor Kirillov and his assistant were both killed in the blast near an apartment block in the Russian capital.

Lieutenant General Igor Kirillov, head of Russia's Nuclear, Biological, and Chemical Defence Forces (NBC), was leaving a residential block when an explosive hidden in a scooter went off, Russia's Investigative Committee said.

The bomb was hidden in an electric scooter.

A high-ranking Russian general in charge of the Kremlin's nuclear forces has been killed in an explosion in Moscow.

A top Russian general accused by Ukraine of being responsible for the use of chemical weapons has been assassinated in Moscow using a bomb hidden...