Head of Russia’s nuclear protection forces killed in Moscow blast, Ukraine says they did it

The head of Russia’s Nuclear, Biological, and Chemical Defense Forces, Lt. General Igor Kirillov, has been killed in an explosion in Moscow with Ukrainian safety sources telling CBS News they have been behind the assassination. CBS News reporter Haley Ott has extra.

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