US State Department says no involvement in Kirillov's death in terrorist attack

State Department spokesman Matthew Miller said the United States had nothing to do with the terrorist attack in Moscow that killed the head of the Radiation, Chemical and Biological Defense (RCBZ) troops, Lieutenant General Igor Kirillov and his aide.

"I have no assessments about this. I can say that the United States did not know about it in advance and did not take part in it," he told reporters Dec. 17 at a briefing that was broadcast on a YouTube channel.

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Igor Kirillov and his assistant were killed on the morning of Dec. 17 when an explosive device was detonated in a scooter parked near a driveway. The explosion occurred near a seven-story apartment building on Ryazansky Avenue in Moscow. A criminal case of murder, terrorist act and illegal arms trafficking (Article 105, Article 205 and Article 222 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation) was opened over the incident.

Russian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharova drew attention to the fact that Kirillov had been systematically exposing Western crimes for many years, working fearlessly and never hiding behind the backs of others. For his part, Rodion Miroshnik, the Russian Foreign Ministry's ambassador-at-large for Ukraine 's crimes, noted that the general cited evidence that was threatening and painful for Russia's adversaries.

The governor of the Kostroma region, Sergey Sitnikov, said that Kirillov had warned that he was being hunted. The head of the region linked this to the fact that the lieutenant general was leading an investigation about secret biological laboratories, including in Ukraine. Sitnikov is confident that Kirillov's murder will be solved and the perpetrators will be punished.