A bomb killed a Russian general in Moscow. A Ukrainian official says secret service was behind it

https://apnews.com/article/russia-explosion-head-of-nuclear-defense-forces-killed-9656bce946a9f552454df9debe5fbd18

Summary

A Russian general, Lt. Gen. Igor Kirillov, was killed by a bomb hidden in a scooter outside his Moscow apartment, reportedly carried out by Ukraine’s Security Service (SBU).

Kirillov, sanctioned for alleged war crimes, was accused of directing the use of banned chemical weapons.

The attack, triggered remotely, also killed his assistant. Russia vowed retribution, calling it terrorism.

This follows a series of high-profile assassinations since the invasion of Ukraine, as tensions escalate amid Russia’s military advances.

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Quill7513@slrpnk.net · 107 pts · 1y (4 replies)

oh i'm fucking sorry!? russia has a fuckin' problem with terrorism now!? bitch you were who brought terrorism to the table. bitch you tortured my friend's dad to death. bitch you used a hypersonic missile on my other friend's house. bitch you executed my other friend for "treason" for reporting truth.

sorry if i'm not actually sorry y'all were the victims of a terrorist attack. it seems like it's the only language you motherfuckers understand, so maybe if you don't like terrorism, you should fuckin' cut it out with all the fuckin' terrorism you collective of dickheads. fuckin' cunt dorks.

knatschus@discuss.tchncs.de · 38 pts · 1y (3 replies)

Terrorism is a attack on civilians.

This was a attack on military personal so not terrorism

IzzyScissor@lemmy.world · 14 pts · 1y

Someone accused of war crimes, so about as far from a civilian as you can get, too

LifeInMultipleChoice@lemmy.world · -1 pts · 1y (1 reply)

I'd say it would depend on whether they could confirm the operator of the vehicle. If they could confirm it, not-terrorism like you said, he is military involved with invading another country. If they just rigged a scooter to blow and there was any chance a civilian could have accessed it instead (say his family member), then I'd say it could be considered terrorism, with the same reasoning of the pagers Israel used.

rc__buggy@sh.itjust.works · 2 pts · 1y

Sounds like it was an eyes on booby trap, likely a scooter that anyone interacting with would think simply had a dead battery.

There are pics of another scooter that pretty obviously didn't have a bomb inside it, so probably just like every urban area now, couple rental scooters outside an apartment. Operator watching from a window or whatever confirms target and triggers it.

HootinNHollerin@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 43 pts · 1y

Ukrainians are fucking BAD ASS

hungryphrog@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 36 pts · 1y (3 replies)

Rest in piss.

MushuChupacabra@lemmy.world · 18 pts · 1y (1 reply)

In pieces actually, on account of the explosives.

Maultasche@lemmy.world · 14 pts · 1y

"It is a parting gift, for it will part you. Part of you here, part of you there, and part of you way over there"

Kung Fu Panda 2

SkunkWorkz@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 1y

FelixCress@lemmy.world · 32 pts · 1y (1 reply)

One sorted, many more to go.

Kbobabob@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 1y

Common theme lately

FlyingSquid@lemmy.world · 20 pts · 1y

I was going for just a reference to the latter, but I feel like both are appropriate reactions.

apfelwoiSchoppen@lemmy.world · 17 pts · 1y (3 replies)

Applying the US media lens for the UHC CEO's death demonstrates the stupidity of the perspective: "he was a father, a husband, a son..." Propaganda cover. Hooray for this criminal's death.

nnullzz@lemmy.world · -8 pts · 1y (2 replies)

What the hell is happening here? Your comment has nothing to do with this post. Or bots? Idk.. seeing this happening a bit with a few posts.

apfelwoiSchoppen@lemmy.world · 21 pts · 1y (1 reply)

Two stooges died. Both monsters who sent countless people to their deaths. Both of their deaths celebrated, one celebration critiqued by media.

I'm not a bot and yes I'm connecting two seemingly disparate contemporary news stories. Definitely curse this general and the other guy too.

nnullzz@lemmy.world · 10 pts · 1y

Oh true I see what you mean. Misread your initial post.

khannie@lemmy.world · 16 pts · 1y

SBU doing a superb job offing senior folks inside Russia. Hats off to them.

cabron_offsets@lemmy.world · 14 pts · 1y

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xc2215x@lemmy.world · 12 pts · 1y (1 reply)

Good for the secret service.

Paddzr@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 1y

Who's secret service tho? Article doesn't load for me.

thann@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 11 pts · 1y

Finally those scooters are useful!

7jx3x5en3x@lemmy.cafe · -19 pts · 1y (3 replies)

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Nutteman@lemmy.world · 15 pts · 1y

You ever thought about throwing your computer into a volcano and jumping after it? You should.

pivot_root@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 1y

>bitches about liberals using stereotypes
>uses racial slur while doing so

My, my, you're quite the paragon of high education and intellectual integrity, aren't you?

IzzyScissor@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 1y

Oh it's copypasta! Lol - So cute.

W0k3@lemmy.cafe · -38 pts · 1y (9 replies)

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Quill7513@slrpnk.net · 15 pts · 1y

this crew of woke niggas

most russians are white, so i automatically assume you don't have license to use this word

their neoliberal drivel

i'm anarchist, nerd. neoliberalism is fascism lite

You’ve got your pronouns in your bios like it’s some sort of shield against criticism

so wrong it can't even be criticized but i'll try, anyway. people don't put their pronouns in their bios to avoid criticism. we do it to normalize the collective treating our trans sisters and brothers the way they deserve to be treated even if they don't immediately present with identifiable sex characteristics of their experienced gender.

you’re nothing but a bunch of conformist libtards

laughable from someone telling us to conform to your ideals. i don't even give a shit what you or your ilk do. just don't tell me what to do with my body. it's not complicated, yet somehow you don't get it.

Your blue hair? It’s not a statement; it’s a cry for help from under all that fat

lol. the blue hair crowd is a bunch of skinny bitches and twinks. way to be unfamiliar with what's going on in america you fucking dork

clearly, the only lifting you’ve done is lifting ideas straight from CNN.

CNN has an overall conservative bias as it is a for profit "news" outlet, jackass

You’re all about “change,”

we're all about dismantling a system that is literally killing us

the only change you’ve seen is in the size of your waistline

my BF% is 13%, show me your splits

you can’t handle the truth about your own health or the inefficacy of your political heroes.

and who, exactly, do you think those are? because for me they're gay black women with no political power in our system, Ukrainian women with sniper rifles, and coal miners who refuse to ever cross a picket line. the truth is they are the most loving people i have ever met, but they refuse to be trampled by your dumbass bullshit.

Keep licking that ass, keep dying your hair

don't threaten me with a good time, virgin

keep pretending you’re on the right side of history

we are

you’re just another bunch of low-T, high-woke

who gives a shit? like. is that your justification for genocide? to prove you have more testosterone than us? sounds pretty fucking insecure to me, but okay