Moscow, Dec 21 (UNI) The terrorist attack that killed Russian chemical defence chief Lt. Gen. Igor Kirillov causes concern and risks escalation, Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto told RIA Novosti.
“Since we want peace to come in Ukraine, since we want to avoid any risk of escalation, we look at all these issues as matters of concern. Why? Because all such kind of moves come forward with the risk of escalation,” Szijjarto said.
Szijjarto warned that if escalation occurs before US President-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration on January 20, it could have a “very negative impact” on a chance to “make peace as soon as possible” after that date.
Kirillov and his aide were killed in Moscow early on Tuesday by a bomb hidden in an electric scooter. An official with Ukraine’s security service SBU confirmed to The New York Times that Ukraine was responsible for the assassination.
On Wednesday morning, Russia’s Federal Security Service said it had arrested the perpetrator of the terrorist attack, Uzbek national Akhmad Kurbanov. Kurbanov said he had been recruited by Ukrainian security services who promised $100,000 and a resettlement in a EU country in exchange for the killing.
