Investigators work at the site where Lt. Gen. Igor Kirillov, the head of Russia's radiological, biological and chemical protections forces, was killed by an explosive device in Moscow on Tuesday. An exploding scooter taking out a senior general is certainly not a good look for Russia’s beefed-up internal security apparatus. Assassinations of key military figures on Russian soil, either directly or indirectly linked to Ukraine, have been a feature of this war. And less than a week ago, the deputy chief designer of Russia’s Mars Design Bureau was shot in a Moscow park. CNN’s Ukrainian security source confirmed Kyiv was behind his killing, saying he was responsible for upgrading some of the cruise missiles fired at Ukraine.

---

Persons: Igor Kirillov, Russia’s, it’s, Donald Trump, Stanislav Rzhitsky, Dmitry Golenkov Organizations: White, Russia’s, CNN, Black, Fleet, Russia’s Mars, Russian Ministry of Defense Locations: Moscow, Ukrainian, Ukraine, Russia, Russia’s Kursk, Krasnodar, Bryansk, Sevastopol, Crimea