Whatever she knew in advance, there is no doubt that Ukrainian intelligence services are using deception to lure local Russians who may be sympathetic to the Ukrainian cause.
Actions can range from organizing sabotage to, in this case, planting a bomb.
The SBU does not mind sending an assassin to achieve its goal, perhaps the most notorious spy means of murder.
A year ago, pro-Russian ex-deputy of Ukraine Ilya Kiva was shot dead in a village near Moscow. The killer managed to get into the hotel area unnoticed and shot Mr. Kivu twice while he was walking in the park.
Again, Ukraine has not made any official statements, but SBU sources said it was them.
Just five days ago, leading Russian rocket scientist Mikhail Shatsky was shot dead in a forest near Moscow. At the same time, the murder was blamed on the military intelligence of Ukraine, although there was no confirmation.
Shatsky was responsible for the modernization of the Russian Kh-59 and Kh-69 cruise missiles, which caused so much destruction and casualties in Ukraine.
The fact that Kirillov’s murder took place a few days after Shatsky’s murder shows how deeply Ukrainian spies have penetrated into Russia.
Not only politicians or Russians connected to the military were attacked.
In August 2022, Daria Dugina was killed by a car bomb in a message to her father, Alexander Dugin, who is considered a Russian ideologue who justifies Moscow’s aggression in Ukraine.
