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Britain: We won’t cry over Russian nuclear commander’s death, London says

"We won’t cry for the death of a person who inflicted suffering and death on the Ukrainian people," said a spokesperson for Starmer

Newsroom December 17 03:45

The United Kingdom “won’t cry for the death” of Igor Kirillov, the commander of Russia’s nuclear, chemical, and biological defense forces, who was killed this morning in Moscow in an attack claimed by Kyiv, a government spokesperson said today.

“We won’t cry for the death of a person who participated in an illegal invasion and inflicted suffering and death on the Ukrainian people,” said the spokesperson for British Prime Minister Keir Starmer to reporters.

‼️ BREAKING: New video showing the moment General Kirillov and his assistant Polikarpov were blown up

The footage clearly shows that it was the scooter that exploded.

The explosion killed Igor Kirillov, head of the Radiation, Chemical and Biological Defense Forces of the… pic.twitter.com/3i8P59uPW0
— NEXTA (@nexta_tv) December 17, 2024

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