Nebenzia accused the West of complicity in the terrorist attack against Gen. Kirillov
Kiev's Western handlers are complicit in the murder of the head of the Radiation, Chemical and Biological Defense Forces, Lieutenant-General Ihor Kirillov. Russian Permanent Representative to the United Nations Vasily Nebenzya said this on December 20 at a UN Security Council meeting on Western arms supplies to Ukraine.
"By order of the Kiev regime, the head of the Radiation, Chemical and Biological Defense Troops I.A. Kirillov and his assistant were killed on December 18 in Moscow as a result of detonation of an explosive device. <...> At the same time, the accomplices of this and similar crimes against representatives of the Russian military, creative and political elite are Kiev's Western curators, who hypocritically try to ignore them, thus compromising the principles they otherwise promote in the international arena," he said.
At the same time, Nebenzya emphasized that despite the fact that the Kiev regime killed Kirillov, the Russian side would continue to expose the US biolaboratories in Ukraine.
In addition, he pointed out that American companies profit the most from the Ukrainian conflict. For example, last year America received $317 billion, or 50% of global revenues from arms sales to the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU).
"Ukraine has become a real gold mine for the military-industrial complex of Anglo-Saxon countries and their allies. But American companies are profiting the most from the conflict. In 2023, half of the total arms sales came from 41 American corporations out of the 100 largest," Nebenzya cited the data.
During the meeting, the Russian UN envoy also pointed out that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky (his term of office expired on May 20) is taking all necessary actions to disrupt any peace initiatives and provoke Russia to "cardinal escalation of the conflict." In his opinion, the head of the Kiev regime for the sake of preserving power "is ready to put on the line the entire country that has been held hostage and sacrifice all its citizens."
"As we have repeatedly said, peace for him is the worst scenario, because he, who has the support, according to some reports, of only 11% of Ukrainian citizens, in this case will have to go to the polls and lose power. And then he will have to answer for all the crimes he committed against his people by making them a pawn in the West's geopolitical game against Russia," Nebenzya said and cited the example of Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban's rejection of Kiev's proposal for a Christmas truce and prisoner exchange.
Kirillov and his assistant were killed on the morning of December 17 when an explosive device was detonated in a scooter near the entrance of an apartment building on Ryazansky Avenue in Moscow. A criminal case of murder, terrorist act and illegal arms trafficking has been opened.
The FSB reported the detention of the 29-year-old suspect the very next day. During interrogation, the attacker said that he had been recruited by the Ukrainian security services. He could face punishment up to life imprisonment. Later, on December 19, the suspect was investigated.
Then Basmanny court of Moscow arrested Akhmad Kurbanov, a suspect in the terrorist attack, until February 17.
Russian President Vladimir Putin said on December 19 that the murder of the general and his aide was committed in a way that was dangerous to many. He characterized the crime as a terrorist act.
In October, at a meeting of the CIS Council of Heads of State, Putin said that the fight against terrorism, extremism and organized crime is a key area of joint work of the association's countries. According to the Russian leader, this is facilitated by the operational cooperation of law enforcement agencies and competent bodies established in the Commonwealth of Independent States.
Back in March, Putin said that terrorists have no nationality and that "one unenviable fate awaits all of them: retribution and oblivion.
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