Medvedev targets British press after general's death
Dmitry Medvedev, deputy chairman of the Russian Security Council, has threatened British journalists following an article in "The Times." The article referred to the killing of a Russian general as a "justifiable act of defence." "Be careful! Many things happen in London..." Medvedev wrote.
Many of the reports provided by Russian media or government officials are part of propaganda efforts. These reports are components of the information warfare conducted by the Russian Federation.
Explosion in Moscow
General Igor Kirillov, chief of the Nuclear, Biological, and Chemical Defence Forces (NBC), died Tuesday morning when a remotely detonated device hidden in a scooter exploded in front of a residential building.
A Ukrainian source confirmed in a conversation with the BBC that Ukrainian security services organized the assassination. Kyiv has not officially claimed responsibility for the attack.
Reactions in Russia
The assassination of the general was reported by "The Times" newspaper, which in an editorial article stated that it was a "justifiable act of defence of a threatened nation."
In his social media post, Medvedev stated that "according to this logic, all NATO state officials who decided on military aid to Ukraine are involved in a hybrid or conventional war against Russia." He added that "all these people can and should be considered legitimate military targets for the Russian state".
General Kirillov
Igor Kirillov was born in 1970 in Kostroma. He graduated from the Higher Command School of Chemical Defence and the Academy of Radiation, Chemical, and Biological Defence. Since 1991, he has served as a platoon commander in the Western Group of Forces in Germany. In 2017, he became the head of the Radiological, Chemical, and Biological Defence Forces of the Russian Federation.
Source: Polsat News/PAP/WP
