Medvedev's threat to UK press sparks tension over general's death
Dmitry Medvedev, Deputy Chairman of the Russian Security Council, has warned British journalists following an article in "The Times." The article described the killing of a Russian general as a "justifiable act of defence." "Be careful! Anything goes in London" Medvedev wrote.
Many of the reports provided by Russian media or government officials are part of propaganda. Such reports are part 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 organised the assassination. Kyiv has not officially claimed responsibility for the attack.
Reactions in Russia
The case of the general's assassination was covered by "The Times" newspaper, which, in an editorial, described it as a "justifiable act of defence of a threatened nation."
"All officials of NATO countries involved in decisions about military assistance to Ukraine and those participating in hybrid or conventional warfare against Russia are now considered legitimate military targets for the Russian state and all Russian patriots," Medvedev stated in his social media post.
General Kirillov
Igor Kirillov was born in 1970 in Kostroma. He graduated from the Higher Command School of Chemical Defence in Kostroma and the Academy of Radiation, Chemical, and Biological Defence. Since 1991, he served as a platoon commander in the Western Group of Forces in Germany and, in 2017, became the head of the Radiological, Chemical, and Biological Defence Forces of the Russian Federation.
Source: Polsat News/PAP/WP
