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.

  • The Quuuuuill@slrpnk.net
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    5 days ago

    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.

      • LifeInMultipleChoice@lemmy.world
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        5 days ago

        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
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          5 days ago

          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.