Ukraine's 'modus operandi': SBU targeting high-ranking Russian military figures like Igor Kirillov
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The Kremlin has announced that Russian intelligence services know who ordered the killing of top Russian general Igor Kirillov and have detained the suspect who carried it out. As Russia accuses Ukraine of using the methods of terrorists, FRANCE 24's Eve Irvine is joined by Dr. Rod Thornton, RAF Division Academic Director and Senior Lecturer in Defence Studies Education at King's College London specialising in the study of the Russian military.