Russian authorities stated Sunday that the suspect in the killing of a Russian basic in a vehicle bomb surge declared he was paid by the Ukrainian Security Service as he pleaded guilty to terrorism charges.
The Investigative Committee stated that Ignat Kuzin confessed he was paid to eliminate Lt. Gen. Yaroslav Moskalik, a deputy head of the primary functional department in the General Personnel of the Russian militaries.
Moskalik was eliminated Friday by an explosive gadget put in his cars and truck in Balashikha, simply outside Moscow.
Ukrainian authorities did not talk about the attack, the 2nd in 4 months targeting a leading Russian military officer that Moscow has actually blamed on Ukraine.
Lt. Gen. Igor Kirillov was eliminated on Dec. 17, 2024, when a bomb concealed on an electrical scooter parked outside his apartment took off as he left for his workplace. Ukraine’s security firm acknowledged it lagged the attack.
Kirillov was the chief of Russia’s Radiation, Biological and Chemical Defense Forces, the unique soldiers entrusted with safeguarding the military from the opponent’s usage of nuclear, chemical or biological weapons and making sure operations in a polluted environment. Kirillov’s assistant likewise passed away in the attack.