Russian authorities said Wednesday that a suspect has been detained in connection with Tuesday's explosion in Moscow that killed a top Kremlin general and his aide.

By Chris Summers Contributing Writer An Uzbekistan national who allegedly planted a scooter bomb that killed Lt. Gen. Igor Kirillov has been arrested in Moscow, says the Russian investigative committee.

The Russian prosecutor’s office said the suspect, a 29-year-old citizen of Uzbekistan, confessed to planting the bomb on the orders of Ukrainian agents.

Russia’s security service says it has detained a citizen from Uzbekistan in the bombing that killed a senior general as he left his Moscow apartment.

Russia’s security services have detained a 29-year-old man from Uzbekistan in the assassination of Lt. Gen. Igor Kirillov, who led Russia’s chemical weapons program, the BBC reported. Kirillov and his assistant were killed by a bomb strapped to an e-scooter in Moscow Tuesday. Ukraine claimed responsibility for the attack.

An Uzbekistan man has been detained by authorities, suspected in the murder of Igor Kirillov, a senior general, and his assistant in a shocking attack in the heart of Russia.

Russian state media says that an Uzbek citizen accused of acting on behalf of Ukraine has been charged by Russian authorities with this week’s assassination of a senior Russian general and his assistant.

Russia has detained a 29-year-old Uzbek national suspected of assassinating General Igor Kirillov. The suspect allegedly confessed to being recruited by Ukrainian intelligence and admitted to planting a homemade explosive device on an electric scooter outside Kirillov’s residence in Moscow.

As a result of the explosion of a booby-trapped scooter in central Moscow, General Igor Kirillov was killed. The attack was claimed by the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU), citing Kirillov's responsibility for using chemical weapons in Ukraine.