The head of the Russian armys chemical weapons division was eliminated Tuesday in a blast outside an apartment in Moscow, ending up being the highest-ranking military official to be eliminated in such a blast throughout the Kremlins full-blown invasion.Sources in Ukraines SBU security service told news firms that it was behind the morning explosion in what it called an unique operation, calling Igor Kirillov a war crook.
Heres a list of some of the Russian pro-war figures and Ukrainian officials who changed sides after the intrusion who have been killed in assassination attacks: Daria DuginaDaria Dugina, the 29-year-old daughter of Russian ideologue Alexander Dugin, was killed in August 2022 when an explosive device detonated on the Toyota Land Cruiser she was driving.Russias Federal Security Service (FSB) pointed the finger at Ukraine and said the individual responsible was a Ukrainian woman born in 1979 who had actually rented an apartment or condo in the same structure where Dugina lived.
Kyiv neither confirmed nor denied a role in the cars and truck bombing.Dugin, 62, is an outspoken Russian ultranationalist intellectual who enthusiastically backs Russias intrusion of Ukraine, as did his child.
Russian media reports recommended Dugina had obtained her daddys cars and truck at the last minute.Farewell ceremony for Daria Dugina.Anton Velikzhanin/ Moskva 24/ Moskva News AgencyVladlen TatarskyRussian military blogger Vladlen Tatarsky, 40, passed away when a statue handed to him as a gift blew up in a St.
Petersburg cafe where he was giving a speech in April 2023.
Tatarsky, whose genuine name was Maxim Fomin, was an enthusiastic fan of the invasion of Ukraine but was also crucial of the Russian military.Daria Trepova, 27, who gave Tatarsky the golden figurine of himself, was found guilty of terrorism and other charges over the attack and sentenced to 27 years in a jail colony.
It is the longest sentence Russia has actually handed to a lady given that the Soviet collapse, according to state media and rights groups.Russian investigators claimed Trepova acted on the directions of people located in Ukraine.
Trepova rejected actively eliminating Tatarsky.The Strit-Bar cafe on Universitetskaya Embankment in St.
Petersburg, where Vladlen Tatarsky was killed.Alexander Demianchuk/ TASSAlexei KovalevKovalev, a former Ukrainian deputy who changed loyalty to Russian occupying forces in the southern area of Kherson, was shot dead in August 2022.
Kovalev, 33, was elected a deputy in 2019 in Kherson and signed up with President Volodymyr Zelenskys party in the Ukrainian parliament.After the full-scale Russian intrusion of Ukraine, Kovalev joined the getting into forces and ended up being a senior official.Some media recommended he might have been killed for dealing with Russia.Alexei Kovalev.Alexei Kovalev/ FacebookVitaly GuraVitaly Gura, a member of Russias inhabiting administration in Ukraines Kherson area passed away in an assassination effort in August 2022.
Unidentified aggressors opened fire on Gura near his home in the occupied city of Nova Kakhovka.Gura was taken to the healthcare facility with numerous gunshot wounds and passed away during a transfer to another healthcare facility in the occupied Crimean peninsula.Vitaly Gura.Social mediaAFP contributed reporting.A Message from The Moscow Times: Dear readers, We are dealing with unprecedented difficulties.
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