Head of Russia's nuclear defence forces killed in explosion in Moscow
Kirillov's assistant also died in the blast
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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, Russia's Investigative Committee said.
Kirillov's assistant was also died in the blast.
Kirillov had been sentenced in absentia by a Ukrainian court Monday for the use of banned chemical weapons during Russia's invasion of the country.
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