Kyiv\u2019s targeted killings expose the reach of its intelligence services, challenging the Kremlin\u2019s war machine while sticking to the laws of war<\/p>\n
Russia\u2019s leadership is furious that one of their top commanders has been assassinated<\/a> by Ukrainian spies. Yet their anger seems misplaced: the targeted killing of Lt Gen Igor Kirillov was not an unprovoked act, but a consequence of Russia\u2019s ongoing offensive and Ukraine\u2019s right to defend itself under international law.<\/p>\n The explosion that shook a quiet Moscow neighbourhood \u2013 eliminating the head of the Russian military\u2019s chemical, biological and radiological weapons unit, known as RKhBZ \u2013 also revealed the unexpectedly formidable capabilities of Ukraine\u2019s secret service (SBU). The general and his assistant are the most senior figures assassinated since Russia\u2019s 2022 invasion. The pair were killed when a bomb, concealed in a parked scooter<\/a> outside a Moscow residential building, was remotely<\/a> detonated.<\/p>\n Continue reading…<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Kyiv\u2019s targeted killings expose the reach of its intelligence services, challenging the Kremlin\u2019s war machine while sticking to the laws of war Russia\u2019s leadership is furious that one of their top commanders has been assassinated by Ukrainian spies. Yet their anger seems misplaced: the targeted killing of Lt Gen Igor Kirillov was not an unprovoked … Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-28599","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28599","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=28599"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28599\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28599"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=28599"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=28599"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}