Ukraine Is Behind Russia General’s Killing, Person Familiar Says

WATCH: Ukraine claimed responsibility for the assassination of Lieutenant General Igor Kirillov, according to a person familiar with the operation. Rosalind Mathieson reports.Source: Bloomberg
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Ukraine was behind the assassination of the head of Russia’s radiological, chemical and biological defense forces in a bomb explosion in Moscow early Tuesday, a person familiar with the operation said.

Ukraine’s Security Service, or SBU, carried out the killing of Lieutenant General Igor Kirillov and his assistant, the person said, speaking on condition of anonymity to discuss the operation. The SBU’s press office declined to comment.