Teen Bombers in Ukraine: Recruited, Used, and Eliminated by Russian Special Services
www.kyivpost.com
The SBU warned that Russian intelligence services have adopted a new tactic: exploiting recruits “in the dark” and then eliminating them as unwanted witnesses.

Summary

Russian special services recruited two Ukrainian teenagers, aged 15 and 17, to carry out suicide bomb attacks in Ivano-Frankivsk, promising $1,700.

The teens unknowingly transported homemade explosives disguised as thermoses, which Russian handlers detonated remotely, killing one and seriously injuring the other. The blast also injured two passersby.

A second explosion occurred at the teens’ rented apartment.

Ukrainian authorities charged the surviving teen with terrorism-related crimes and warned of a new Russian tactic of exploiting and eliminating operatives to cover tracks.

  • misterdoctor@lemmy.worldEnglish
    131·
    3 days ago

    I don’t see any reason to assume they were implying that all Russians are objectively evil. It feels pretty obvious that OP was talking about the Russian military combatants and officers.

    • naught@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      1·
      10 hours ago

      To be fair, heading off implications of racism first and then saying “Russians” still reads poorly to me. I see now that wasn’t OPs intent, and we agree

    • BaroqueInMind@lemmy.oneEnglish
      71·
      3 days ago

      My bad, you are correct; it was referring to all Russian combatants and oligarchs funding it all. I love their culture, and their people, their rich knowledge and technical prowess, but it’s all fucking wasted by these dipshits in power trying to bully Ukraine into submission.

      • naught@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
        31·
        3 days ago

        Im sorry for assuming! You said “Russians” and I’ve seen lots of people not differentiate between the despots in power and the people who live under their fist, and it makes me sad.