It didn't look like there was any danger when Igor Kirillov and his assistant left his Moscow apartment block, but hidden

behind a lamppost circled in red was a bomb. And within seconds of leaving, both men were dead. Shattered glass, all that

was left of this car windscreen. The bomb was concealed in an electric scooter and was reportedly the work of the Ukrainian security

service. Kirillov was a top Russian general. His assassination here, not even five miles from the Kremlin, brings the war

much closer to home for those living nearby. "I thought this was it. War has started. Drones. The building was shaking and I

live on the 23rd floor. I didn't even look out the window because it was so scary."

charge of Russia's nuclear, chemical, and biological protection forces; the ones deployed in conditions of contamination. Ukraine's accused him of using chemical

weapons on the battlefield. Russia denies the allegation, but the UK believes it too and appeared to welcome his death.

Yeah, make no mistake, this was a bad man, and he has a proven and admitted record of using chemical weapons against troops

on the battlefield. And it was for that reason that, as a government, in October we sanctioned him and his unit

because they were breaking international law. There's been a string of similar attacks in Russia since the start of the

war, which Moscow's blamed on Ukraine. Among them, the killing of Daria Dugina, the daughter of ultra-nationalist ideologue

Alexander Dugin in 2022. But Kirillov is the most high-profile of them all. The fact this

has happened so far from the battlefield and so close to the center of Moscow will be hugely embarrassing for Vladimir

Putin, because it's another reminder that, despite all his talk of Russia being in control of the war, things still aren't

Always going to plan. Russia's investigative committee has classified the attack as an act of terrorism, and the Kremlin will

undoubtedly respond.  Iva Bennett, Sky News, Moscow.

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폭탄은 전동 스쿠터에 숨겨져 있었습니다.

이 공격은 우크라이나 보안 서비스의 소행인 것으로 알려졌습니다.

암살 사건이 크렘린궁 근처에서 발생하면서 전쟁이 주민들에게 더 가까이 다가왔습니다.

목격자들의 증언은 폭발의 위력과 그로 인한 공포를 묘사합니다.

키릴로프는 러시아의 핵, 화학, 생물학 방호 부대를 책임지고 있었습니다.

우크라이나는 그를 화학무기 사용 혐의로 고발했습니다.

러시아는 혐의를 부인하고 있지만 영국은 이를 믿고 있으며 그의 죽음을 환영하는 듯합니다.

영국 정부는 키릴로프와 그의 부대를 국제법 위반으로 제재했습니다.

전쟁이 시작된 이후 러시아에서도 비슷한 공격이 발생했으며, 모스크바는 우크라이나를 비난했습니다.

키릴로프의 암살은 이러한 공격 중 가장 주목할 만한 사건입니다.

크렘린궁에 근접한 공격은 푸틴에게 당혹스러운 일이었습니다.

이 사건은 러시아의 전쟁 계획이 항상 성공적이지는 않다는 점을 강조합니다.

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