The Kremlin accused Kyiv of conducting a ‘terrorist act’ following the assassination of Russian Lieutenant General Igor Kirilov in Moscow. Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov asserted that the Ukrainian regime employs terrorist tactics. Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova announced that Moscow would raise the issue at the UN Security Council meeting on December 20, vowing to punish those responsible. She further claimed that the Ukrainian secret services are being manipulated by Anglo-Saxon forces, primarily benefiting from the alleged terrorism of Kyiv.