Ukraine says it was behind the killing of a senior Russian general, Lt Gen Igor Kirillov, who died in scooter blast in Moscow.. The head of Russia's Radiation, Biological and Chemical Protection Unit was at the entrance to a residential block when a device hidden in an electric scooter went off. On Monday, Lt Gen Kirillov was charged in Kyiv for the use of banned chemical weapons in Ukraine; he had already been sanctioned by the UK. We'll find out more about the killing and its likely impact. Also in the programme: A French member of parliament tells us the island of Mayotte has, after Saturday's cyclone, been "deleted from the map"; and we'll get a sense of Syria's revolution from two big cities outside the capital. Ukraine says it was behind the killing of a senior Russian general, Lt Gen Igor Kirillov, who died in scooter blast in Moscow.. The head of Russia's Radiation, Biological and Chemical Protection Unit was at the entrance to a residential block when a device hidden in an electric scooter went off. On Monday, Lt Gen Kirillov was charged in Kyiv for the use of banned chemical weapons in Ukraine; he had already been sanctioned by the UK. We'll find out more about the killing and its impact. Also in the programme: A French member of parliament tells us the island of Mayotte has, after Saturday's cyclone, been "deleted from the map"; and we'll get a sense of Syria's revolution from two big cities outside the capital. (Photo shows Lieutenant General Igor Kirillov attending a press conference in Moscow, Russia in a still image from video released on 5 November 2024. Credit: Russian Defence Ministry handout via REUTERS)
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We're beginning with a street scene in Moscow.
It's still dark.
An unremarkable apartment block has had its entranceway blown out.
On the pavement, on the blood stained snow lie two bodies.
They're Lieutenant General Igor Kirilov and his assistant.
Kirilov was the head of Russia's Radiation, Biological and Chemical Protection Unit.
He'd been accused by the west of overseeing the use of chemical weapons in Ukraine.
And short.
Shortly after the deaths were announced, Ukrainian officials briefed off the record that it was their secret service which planted the bomb.
Yulia is a Muscovite who lives nearby.
The explosion was so powerful, I was terribly afraid to look out the window.
People started coming out of this house to see what happened.
Thankfully my building wasn't damaged, but it's very scary.