Posted on 12/17/2024 1:11:08 AM PST by RandFan
Summary
Ukraine says it killed a Russian general who died in an explosion in Moscow on Tuesday morning
Lt Gen Igor Kirillov was at the entrance to a residential block when a device hidden in an electric scooter went off
Sources in the Ukrainian security services tell the BBC Kirillov was a "legitimate target"
On Monday, Kirillov was charged in Kyiv for the use of banned chemical weapons in Ukraine
Kirillov had already been sanctioned by the UK, and others, for his role in Russia's use of chemical weapons
The bomb was remotely operated and contained around 300g of explosives, Russian state media reports
(Excerpt) Read more at bbc.co.uk ...
How is killing 1 General on a Scooter in Moscow going to help YouCrayne
Push Ruzzia out of Crimea and other YouCrayne Territory?
ANSWER: It won’t.
This is what you don't understand; Russia's war is with the West. Ukraine is simply the West's proxy. This is far bigger than simply grabbing a bit of Ukrainian territory. Russia is organizing for a prolonged clash of cultures and civilizations, and it won't be deterred by sporadic acts of terrorism. Most on this board don't understand the Russian psyche.
As Putin said the other day, this is a global confrontation which includes cultures, education, economy and technology. Translated, that means Russia has no use for American and Western wokeness nor the globohomo full court press. The reason we hate Russia is because it's the only Western nation where the ruling elites are not led around on a leash by the sodomites.
Most of the Western mischief in and around Russia, especially in Ukraine, over the past 3 decades, is aimed at turning Russia into a Slavic version of Canada; a woke, rainbow-friendly, resource-rich, lap dog of the godless, secular humanists in the West. Russia is having none of it and it won't back down.
Everything undertaken by the West and its Ukraine proxies at the moment, has just one objective; fomenting popular discontent with Putin, i.e. provoking a regime change in Russia and replacing Putin with a Slavic version of Justin Trudeau.
You're right. Militarily, this does nothing and has no bearing on what's happening on the battlefield but killing a Russian general outside his apartment in Moscow is meant to shove a thumb firmly into Putin's eye and show him to be incompetent. Rinse and repeat until there's a revolt against Putin. There's also the issue of trying to raise morale among Ukraine's beleaguered military which is currently being marched backwards on the frontline.
No. It shows 1 Ruzzia General was stupid enough to park his scooter outside.
The war comes to Moscow!
No war criminals are safe now in Russia.
It seems like the Ukrainian secret service has learned a lot from their MOSSAD friends.
Great work Ukraine.
It’s the middle of winter with snow on the ground. I doubt anyone was riding a scooter.
“It’s the middle of winter with snow on the ground. I doubt anyone was riding a scooter.”
Certainly would be very uncomfortably cold!
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ARTICLE OF INTEREST:
Russian general killed in Ukrainian special operation, Kyiv source says
REUTERS
DECEMBER 17, 2024 07:36
https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/two-people-killed-explosion-moscow-russian-media-report-2024-12-17/
“A bomb hidden in an electric scooter killed a senior Russian general in charge of nuclear protection forces in Moscow on Tuesday, Russia’s investigative committee said.
Lieutenant General Igor Kirillov, who is chief of Russia’s Nuclear, Biological, and Chemical Protection Troops, was killed outside an apartment building on Ryazansky Prospekt, which starts road some 7 km (4 miles) southeast of the Kremlin.”
Sounds quite like a carol for the season. :)
You were responded to in this thread with a link to Reuters. Of Reuters, only this morning on Free Republic:
Reuters Gets $100+ Million in Pentagon Contracts Post 12/17/2024, 7:44:49 AM · by TigerClaws
We know who.
What a thoughtful and informative post. It certainly elevates the discourse here. (Do I really need the /s tag?)
The impression I got was the explosive device was planted in a parked e-scooter and detonated as the general and his assistant passed by it, although I have not seen that clearly stated in any news article. I seriously doubt a Russian general is riding around Moscow on an e-scooter.
Again, there is zero evidence Putin wants all of Ukraine. He only wants the Russian speaking oblasts in the east. But if you are determined to believe he is fool enough to want all of Ukraine, nothing will dissuade you. We’ll have to politely agree to disagree on that point.
Interesting. I also read that HTS claims to have done this.
Or I thought I did. On X. But you know how hard it is to find things on X. Maybe I mixed something up.
look to see Russia reply with a few assassinations.
“Again, there is zero evidence Putin wants all of Ukraine. He only wants the Russian speaking oblasts in the east.”
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
You seem to have a very bad memory...
Here is the overwhelming and spectacular proof Russia tried to take the capital of Ukraine : KIEV.
If they had succeeded, all of Ukraine would be Russian today.
Map of Russian troops surrounding Kiev in 2022. The invasion was finally pushed back by Ukraine forces.
https://www.aljazeera.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/INTERACTIVE_UKRAINE_CONTROL-MAP-DAY16_INTERACTIVE_Miltiary-Dispatch.jpg?resize=1920%2C1440
Sure, it was.
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