Suspect in killing of a Russian general claims he was paid by Ukraine, Russia says

MOSCOW AP Russian personnel revealed Sunday that the suspect in the killing of a Russian general in a car bomb explosion claimed he was paid by the Ukrainian Assurance Amenity as he pleaded guilty to terrorism charges The Investigative Committee revealed that Ignat Kuzin admitted he was paid to kill Lt Gen Yaroslav Moskalik a deputy head of the main operational department in the General Staff of the Russian armed forces Moskalik was killed Friday by an explosive device placed in his car in Balashikha just outside Moscow Ukrainian bureaucrats did not comment on the attack the second in four months targeting a top Russian military officer that Moscow has blamed on Ukraine Lt Gen Igor Kirillov was killed on Dec when a bomb hidden on an electric scooter parked outside his apartment building exploded as he left for his office Ukraine s safeguard agency acknowledged it was behind the attack Kirillov was the chief of Russia s Radiation Biological and Chemical Protection Forces the special troops tasked with protecting the military from the enemy s use of nuclear chemical or biological weapons and ensuring operations in a contaminated atmosphere Kirillov s assistant also died in the attack Source