Russian authorities have arrested a suspect in the murder of General Igor Kirillov, a top Russian general who was killed in a bombing in Moscow. An Uzbekistan national is suspected of having committed the attack. Kirillov’s assistant, Ilya Polikarpov, was killed in the blast as well. The suspect is 29 years old, and said that he had been “recruited by Ukrainian special forces.” A source from the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) confirmed that the agency was behind the attack, but Ukraine has not yet made an official comment. 

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