Igor Kirillov (general)

Igor Kirillov
Igor Kirillov
	Kirillov in 2019
Native name	Игорь Анатольевич Кириллов
Born	13 July 1970; Kostroma, Soviet Union
Died	17 December 2024 (aged 54); Moscow, Russia
Cause of death	Assassinated by scooter bombing
Allegiance	Russia
Branch	Russian Ground Forces
Rank	Lieutenant general
Commands	Russian NBC Protection Troops
Awards	Hero of Labour of the Russian Federation; Order "For Merit to the Fatherland"; Order of Military Merit; Medal of the Order "For Merit to the Fatherland"; Medal "For Military Valour"; Medal "For Strengthening of Brotherhood in Arms"; Medal "For Distinguished Military Service"; Medal "For Participation in Victory Day Military Parade"; Medal "Participant of the military operation in Syria";
Alma mater	NBC Protection Military Academy

Igor Anatolyevich Kirillov (Russian: Игорь Анатольевич Кириллов; 13 July 1970 – 17 December 2024) was a Russian lieutenant general. He was the head of the Chemical, Biological, and Nuclear Defense Troops of the Russian Armed Forces. He held a Candidate of Military Sciences degree. He was awarded the title Hero of the Russian Federation (2024, posthumous) and was a Hero of Labour of the Russian Federation (2021), becoming the first person to receive both honors.

Kirillov's military unit has been accused by the US and Ukraine of having used the chemical weapon chloropicrin during the Russia's 2022 invasion of Ukraine, outlawed internationally by the Chemical Weapons Convention, which Russia has ratified. He was subject to multiple economic sanctions and a Ukrainian arrest warrant for deploying chloropicrin against enemy troops.

On 17 December 2024, Kirillov was killed in Moscow by the detonation of an explosive device as a result of a Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) special operation.