Moscow has revealed the country behind the assassination of the Russian general and vowed revenge.

In a report based on its own sources, the RBK-Ukraina news site recalled that Kirillov was killed in an explosion in an apartment in Moscow, the capital of Russia, stating that this was an operation of the Ukrainian Security Service.

The report included a statement from the source: "Kirillov was a war criminal and was a legitimate target for giving orders to use banned chemical weapons against Ukrainian soldiers. Anyone who kills Ukrainians can expect such an end. The punishment of war crimes is inevitable."

UKRAINE: RUSSIAN ARMY USED CHEMICAL WEAPONS 4,800 TIMES UNDER KIRILLOV'S ORDERS

Ukraine announced that it had opened an investigation into Kirillov a day before his death. In a statement made yesterday by the Ukrainian Security Service, it was noted that "the war crimes committed by Kirillov have been documented."

The statement indicated that Kirillov was responsible for the extensive use of banned chemical weapons against the Ukrainian Defense Forces on the eastern and southern front lines, stating, "Since the beginning of the large-scale war under Kirillov's orders, the enemy has used chemical weapons 4,800 times."

UKRAINE'S MILITARY AND POLITICAL OFFICIALS AWAIT REVENGE

According to the Russian TASS News Agency, Dmitriy Medvedev, Deputy Chairman of the Russian Security Council, stated in a condolence message sent to Kirillov's family that "Kiev is doing everything it can to justify its failures on the front line to its Western partners, trying to prolong the war and death."

In his message, Medvedev expressed that "Kiev, including Ukraine's highest military and political officials, is awaiting revenge."

DEATH OF RUSSIAN LIEUTENANT GENERAL KIRILLOV

In a written statement from the Russian Investigative Committee, it was reported that Lieutenant General Igor Kirillov, Chief of the Russian Armed Forces' Radiological, Chemical and Biological Protection Unit, and his assistant lost their lives in an explosion at the entrance of an apartment on Ryazan Street in Moscow. The statement included information that the attack was carried out with an improvised explosive device.