Russia's Medvedev says Kyiv will face imminent revenge for killing of Russian general, RIA says
Dmitry Medvedev, deputy chairman of Russia's Security Council, warned on Tuesday that Ukrainian leaders would face "imminent revenge" for the killing of top Russian general Igor Kirillov. Medvedev accused Ukraine of launching "cowardly and despicable strikes" on peaceful cities, acknowledging the inevitability of its military defeat.
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- Published Date: 12:09 | 17 December 2024
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Dmitry Medvedev, deputy chairman of Russia's Security Council, said on Tuesday that the Ukrainian leadership would face imminent revenge for the killing of a top Russian general, RIA news agency reported.
"Realising the inevitability of its military defeat, it launches cowardly and despicable strikes in peaceful cities," he said.
Lieutenant General Igor Kirillov, who was chief of Russia's Nuclear, Biological and Chemical Protection Troops, was killed outside an apartment building in Moscow along with his assistant, Russia's Investigative Committee, which probes serious crimes, said earlier on Tuesday. A source in the Security Service of Ukraine said it had killed him.
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