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Citing the country's investigative committee, a report by the news agency Reuters said that Kirillov was killed outside an apartment building on Ryazansky Prospekt.



'Ukraine kills' Russian General Igor Kirillov who was in charge of nation's nuclear protection forces

In his upcoming biography, Pop Francis claimed that he escaped two attempts on his life during his visit to Iran in 2021. The book titled "Hope" will be released next month.

Lieutenant General Igor Kirillov, the Russian military general in charge of the country's nuclear protection forces, was killed in an explosion in Moscow on Tuesday (Dec 17).