MOSCOW (AP) – Russia’s top security official announced Thursday the arrest of several suspects suspected of involvement in a plot to assassinate a senior Ukrainian military official. Killing of top Russian general last week.
The Federal Security Service, the head of the KGB’s successor agency, known by its Russian acronym FSB, said in a statement carried by Russian news agencies that it had arrested four Russian nationals on suspicion of preparing to kill senior Defense Ministry officials. Announced.
The FSB said the suspected organizers of the attack had planned to use a remote-controlled car bomb to kill one of its officers. He added that another military official was scheduled to be assassinated with an explosive hidden in an envelope. The agency did not release the name of the military officer targeted in the alleged plot.
The FSB released a video of the arrest and interrogation of the suspect, who remained anonymous.
This statement follows his death. Lieutenant General Igor Kirillov He was killed on December 17 on his way to the office by a bomb hidden in an electric scooter parked outside his apartment. Kirillov’s assistant also died. brazen attack It was claimed by Ukraine and sparked another conflict on the streets of the Russian capital.
The F.S.B. arrested the suspectclaimed to be a national of the Central Asian country Uzbekistan and recruited into Ukraine’s special forces.
Kirillov, 54, was head of Russia’s radiological, biological and chemical protection forces. These special forces are tasked with protecting the military from the use of nuclear, chemical and biological weapons by the enemy and ensuring operations in contaminated environments.
Russian President Vladimir Putin described Kirillov’s killing as a “serious failure” by Russia’s security services, saying authorities should learn from it and improve efficiency.
