Ukraine kills Russian general: How will Moscow respond?
Ukrainecast
BBC
4.7 • 1K Ratings
🗓️ 17 December 2024
⏱️ 27 minutes
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Summary
Sources in Kyiv say Ukraine killed Igor Kirillov, a senior Russian general who died in scooter blast in Moscow on Tuesday.
So how might the Kremlin respond? And what could this mean for the war in Ukraine?
Latvia’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Baiba Braže and The Economist's defence editor Shashank Joshi give their reaction.
Also, can President-elect Trump restrict Ukraine’s ability to use long range missiles within Russia? Today’s episode is presented by Victoria Derbyshire and Vitaly Shevchenko. The producers were Arsenii Sokolov and Diane Richardson. The technical producer was Mike Regaard. The series producer is Tim Walklate. The senior news editor is Sara Wadeson. Email Ukrainecast@bbc.co.uk with your questions and comments. You can also send us a message or voice note via WhatsApp, Signal or Telegram to +44 330 1239480
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| 0:00.0 | BBC Sounds, Music, Radio, Podcasts. |
| 0:04.8 | Hello, it's 1,028 days since Russia began its full-scale invasion of Ukraine. |
| 0:09.9 | And there has been some huge news from Moscow this morning, Vitaly. |
| 0:13.1 | Indeed, General Igor Kirillov, a senior figure in the Russian military, |
| 0:17.9 | who was in charge of the part of the Russian military designed to |
| 0:22.6 | protect the Russian army against the enemy using nuclear biological and chemical weapons. |
| 0:29.6 | He was killed in an explosion together with his aid as he was leaving a building in Moscow |
| 0:36.8 | just four miles outside of the Kremlin. |
| 0:40.7 | An electric scooter blew up. Apparently there was an explosive attached to the scooter. |
| 0:45.9 | To the handlebars. |
| 0:46.7 | To the handlebars. |
| 0:47.3 | Killing both men. And it's really, really interesting that Ukraine just yesterday, they charged him with using chemical weapons on the battlefield in Ukraine. |
| 0:59.7 | And now he is dead. |
| 1:01.6 | He also is notorious for coming up with all sorts of wild claims against Ukraine, such as training or studying mosquitoes that could spread lethal diseases or plotting to deploy a dirty bomb. |
| 1:17.2 | So he was important in military terms and also in propaganda terms. |
| 1:21.4 | The footage online shows the building that he left. |
| 1:25.3 | The windows are blown out. |
| 1:26.7 | There's debris all over the snow, |
| 1:28.5 | and in some of it you can see two bodies in the snow. |
| 1:32.4 | And there are also pictures of the actual scooter. |
| 1:35.0 | Which is remarkably undamaged, I have to say, considering there's a bomb on its handlebars. |
| 1:40.4 | So on this episode of Ukraine cast, we will discuss why this man was targeted. |
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