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Ukraine offered Moscow bombing suspect $100,000 to assassinate general, Russia claims
Yahoo News ^ | December 18, 2024

Posted on 12/21/2024 12:23:56 PM PST by Navy Patriot

An Uzbek national was offered $100,000 (£78,650) by Ukraine to assassinate the head of the Russian army’s chemical weapons unit, Moscow has claimed.

Russian police have arrested a 29-year-old suspect, who they say had been “recruited by Ukrainian special forces” and offered the money for the assassination of Lt Gen Igor Kirillov.

“On their instructions, he arrived in Moscow, received a powerful improvised explosive device and placed it on an electric scooter, which he parked near the entrance of Kirillov’s home,” Russia’s Investigative Committee said in a statement.

Investigators said the suspect set up a camera in a rental car that broadcast live footage to a Ukrainian SBU intelligence service control centre in the city of Dnipro.

There, an SBU agent “remotely activated” the IED before dawn on Tuesday when Kirillov walked out of his apartment block, killing him and his assistant.

The SBU has been waging a sophisticated assassination campaign throughout the near-three-year war in Ukraine that has killed dozens of Ukrainian collaborators, Russian military officers, Kremlin propagandists and scientists both in Russia and occupied areas of Ukraine.

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Government; News/Current Events; Political Humor/Cartoons
KEYWORDS: bidenbois4ww3; ukraine
Akhmadzhon Kurbonov, Moscow bombing suspect, was arrested and charged with the killings, carrying out a terrorist act and illegally manufacturing explosives.
1 posted on 12/21/2024 12:23:56 PM PST by Navy Patriot
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To: Navy Patriot

Your tax dollars at work!


2 posted on 12/21/2024 12:28:56 PM PST by CatHerd (Whoever said "All's fair in love and war" probably never participated in either.)
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To: CatHerd
Your tax dollars at work!

Yep, those Islamic Terrorists that Bomb and Shoot young people at Music Venues are very expensive to hire.

3 posted on 12/21/2024 12:33:27 PM PST by Navy Patriot (I Voted For President Trump, Celebrate Recivilization!)
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To: Navy Patriot
Not the smartest of moves on the part of the Ukraine.

With the possible exception of some American special forces and agency people or the Mossad, the Russians are the world top class pros when it comes to assassination.

And the Russian have very long memories combined with a serious lack forgiveness.

I'd hate to be a Ukrainian and affiliated high value target these days - a lot of people are going to be looking over their shoulders for the rest of their lives

4 posted on 12/21/2024 12:44:44 PM PST by rdcbn1 (TV )
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To: Navy Patriot

5 posted on 12/21/2024 12:48:18 PM PST by McGruff
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To: Navy Patriot

I’m sure this “confession” was given without any threats or death, torture, or forced in any way…
I don’t trust anything from either side.


6 posted on 12/21/2024 12:50:44 PM PST by vpintheak (Sometimes you’re the windshield, sometimes you’re the bug. )
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To: Navy Patriot
Putin left his southern border wide open because the Russians need the manpower. Uzbeks and other Central Asians have been coming over the border to work.
7 posted on 12/21/2024 1:35:39 PM PST by Chad_the_Impaler
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To: Navy Patriot

I’m sure Lindsey Graham is delighted. “Lotta bang for our bucks!”


8 posted on 12/21/2024 1:37:21 PM PST by CatHerd (Whoever said "All's fair in love and war" probably never participated in either.)
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To: rdcbn1

“Not the smartest of moves on the part of the Ukraine.”

As a member of the Russian military, the general was a legitimate target.


9 posted on 12/21/2024 1:41:02 PM PST by Brian Griffin
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To: Brian Griffin

Yes, they are at war. However, taking out this general won’t change the course of the war.


10 posted on 12/21/2024 1:49:15 PM PST by CatHerd (Whoever said "All's fair in love and war" probably never participated in either.)
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To: Brian Griffin

“Not the smartest of moves on the part of the Ukraine.”

As a member of the Russian military, the general was a legitimate target.


Yeah, he was.

So are a lot of Ukrainians.

Think that was my point.


11 posted on 12/21/2024 2:04:21 PM PST by rdcbn1 (TV )
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To: Navy Patriot

When purchasing the scooter at Walmart he was captured on video using his credit card.


12 posted on 12/21/2024 2:31:15 PM PST by Mark was here (When Gabby Giffords was shot, Democrats were laughing on NPR, wishing it was Sarah Palin.)
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Actually, The e-scooter which was Forensically geolocated to the scene outside a residential building in Moscow, is from KugooKirin.

The brand was founded in China but has multiple overseas warehouses across Europe, including in Russia.

Russia is also one of its main exporting countries, according to the company's website.

The Russians identified, found and arrested Akhmadzhon Kurbonov in less than a day.

In his previous Musical Venue Terrorist Attack, Kurbonov did not supply, acquire or transport any materiel used in that attack, he just killed the kids.

13 posted on 12/21/2024 3:05:33 PM PST by Navy Patriot (I Voted For President Trump, Celebrate Recivilization!)
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To: Navy Patriot

Money well spent.


14 posted on 12/21/2024 4:26:24 PM PST by DIRTYSECRET
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“ The Russians identified, found and arrested Akhmadzhon Kurbonov in less than a day.”
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Maybe the FBI and Secret Service can hire the Russians to track down and provide to the public information on who owned the white van with Arizona plates that was associated with the Butler, Pennsylvania assassin(s).

Just sayin’.


15 posted on 12/21/2024 5:14:07 PM PST by House Atreides (I’m now ULTRA-MAGA-PRO-MAX)
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