Former president Dmitry Medvedev, the current deputy security council chair, appeared to suggest in a social media post Wednesday that senior staff at The Times were “legitimate military targets” and should “be careful”.
A source in Ukraine’s SBU security service has told AFP it was behind Tuesday’s killing, in what it called a “special operation” targeting a “war criminal”.
“And they, too, are now legitimate military targets. These may include the lousy jackals from The Times, who cowardly hid behind an editorial. Meaning, the publication’s entire management team.”
He added: “Unlike in Russia, a free press is a cornerstone of our democracy and we take any threats made by Russia incredibly seriously.”
“Our newspapers represent the best of British values: freedom, democracy and independent thinking,“ he said. “I stand with The Times.”
Referencing the article, which called Kirillov’s killing a “discriminate strike against an aggressor”, he said “this logic” meant “NATO decision-makers” helping Kyiv “are participating in a hybrid or conventional war against Russia”.
“All these individuals can and should be considered legitimate military targets for the Russian state. And for all Russian patriots, for that matter,“ he posted.
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