Igor Kirillov: Russia's chemical weapons chief and mouthpiece killed in Moscow

Kirillov, who has been killed in Moscow, was accused by the West of overseeing the use of chemical weapons on the battlefield in Ukraine.

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In Russia, he was viewed as a tireless patriot, fighting for the truth and exposing Western "crimes".

Sources from Ukraine's SBU security service said it it was behind the blast and referred to a special operation against a "war criminal" and a legitimate target.

Kirillov and an aide were killed by explosives planted in an electric scooter, according to Russian officials, which was blown up as he left the building he lived in on Ryazansky Prospekt in south-eastern Moscow.

He had become notorious for outlandish briefings at the Russian defence ministry which prompted the UK Foreign Office to label him as a "significant mouthpiece for Kremlin disinformation".

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