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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 104 points 1 day ago (1 children)

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 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Terrorism is a attack on civilians.

This was a attack on military personal so not terrorism

[–] IzzyScissor@lemmy.world 13 points 22 hours ago

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

[–] LifeInMultipleChoice@lemmy.world -1 points 22 hours ago* (last edited 22 hours ago) (1 children)

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 points 21 hours 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.

[–] hungryphrog@lemmy.blahaj.zone 35 points 1 day ago (2 children)
[–] MushuChupacabra@lemmy.world 18 points 1 day ago (1 children)

In pieces actually, on account of the explosives.

[–] Maultasche@lemmy.world 14 points 1 day ago

"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"

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[–] HootinNHollerin@lemmy.dbzer0.com 43 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Ukrainians are fucking BAD ASS

[–] FelixCress@lemmy.world 31 points 1 day ago (1 children)

One sorted, many more to go.

[–] Kbobabob@lemmy.world 2 points 20 hours ago

Common theme lately

[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 20 points 1 day ago

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

[–] cabron_offsets@lemmy.world 14 points 1 day ago
[–] thann@lemmy.dbzer0.com 11 points 1 day ago

Finally those scooters are useful!

[–] apfelwoiSchoppen@lemmy.world 16 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

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.

[–] khannie@lemmy.world 15 points 1 day ago

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

[–] xc2215x@lemmy.world 12 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Good for the secret service.

[–] Paddzr@lemmy.world 1 points 20 hours ago

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