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[–] gribzy_uk@lemmy.world 93 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I love an Xmas good news story 😊

[–] FatVegan@leminal.space 6 points 2 days ago (1 children)

C'mon, there is still time for another great guy

[–] gribzy_uk@lemmy.world 3 points 2 days ago

Saving that one for the big day!

[–] peopleproblems@lemmy.world 58 points 2 days ago (2 children)

"Blamed Ukraine." Ok so now we know it was a political assassination by the Kremlin.

With that out of the way, I get this feeling that typically it's a bad idea to kill your military leaders. I don't know how the military works in Russia, but given that an oligarch was able to march his PMC to Moscow with no opposition makes me wonder if the Kremlin has any capacity for reasoning over reaction.

[–] Cort@lemmy.world 7 points 2 days ago

I'm betting it was to prevent another Prigozhin incident

[–] theneverfox@pawb.social 1 points 2 days ago

They're kinda locked in on the "reign of terror" tech tree

The state holds the keys to power that grant it the monopoly on violence. In a democracy, those keys are pretty spread out, in an oligarchy, they're less so.

Any one of the oligarchs could take over at basically any moment, and with shit hitting the fan the way it is, Putin can't show weakness or own failure at all

[–] BaroqueInMind@piefed.social 60 points 2 days ago

Hell yes, more of this to people who deserve it, especially Russian military officers who continue following Putins orders.

[–] D_C@sh.itjust.works 20 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Oh no, that's terrible. Just terrible. So sooooo very terrible. Sniff sniff.
Anyways, anyone want pizza?

[–] P1nkman@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago

Only if you're paying.

[–] thenoirwolfess@lemmynsfw.com 42 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (3 children)

Gen Yaroslav Moskalik was killed in April when a car exploded next to his house in Moscow. The Kremlin blamed Ukraine, which did not comment.

Ukraine not even bothering with a response, just silently crippling our enemy's offense. Mature af

[–] wewbull@feddit.uk 43 points 2 days ago (2 children)

The Kremlin blamed Ukraine

...so it was probably the Kremlin.

[–] SassyRamen@lemmy.world 11 points 2 days ago

Yeah, I'm in the same boat. I believe this is more as Propaganda direct from Putin.

[–] MiddleAgesModem@lemmy.world 4 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Unless this guy was a dissenting general, doesn't make a lot of sense from a propaganda perspective. Too costly.

[–] wewbull@feddit.uk 7 points 2 days ago

It's not like they've been bringing home the bacon. Would not surprise me if they've been telling lies about how well the campaign is going.

[–] Cethin@lemmy.zip 7 points 2 days ago

No matter who did it, this is the correct response. If they aren't responsible, other Russian leaders will still suspect they are and live in fear of it happening to them. If they are responsible, they'll still suspect that it was the Kremlin, or someone else in Russia, and live in fear. Ukraine taking responsibility or not reduces the amount of fear they might have.

[–] SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca 9 points 2 days ago

Get real, there is a 100% chance this is just the Kremlin dealing with difference of opinion and this guy was smart enough to not stay above the ground floor of a hotel.

[–] dan1101@lemmy.world 23 points 2 days ago (2 children)

What do you mean?

Cars just do that sometimes.

[–] phutatorius@lemmy.zip 4 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

Local kids playing with IEDs, probably, and they got careless. I can't imagine what else it could be.

[–] dogdeanafternoon@lemmy.ca 3 points 2 days ago

It’s clearly suicide.

[–] nonentity@sh.itjust.works 9 points 2 days ago

What an odd development in window technology.

[–] MyMindIsLikeAnOcean@piefed.world 11 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I mean…does anyone believe that it was Ukraine that did this, and not just Russia killing two birds with one stone?

[–] phoenixz@lemmy.ca 1 points 2 days ago (4 children)

If it was Russia, he'd likely have fallen out of a window?

Bombs are messy and leave people talking

[–] Cliff@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago

They have used bombs for false flag operations before.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1999_Russian_apartment_bombings

[–] Wizard_Pope@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago (1 children)

But this way they get to blame Ukraine

[–] azertyfun@sh.itjust.works 3 points 2 days ago

... and? What is the Kremlin going to do, declare war?

Military officers are legitimate targets. Either Ukrainian Special Ops performed yet another successful mission within Moscow, or Russia unlawfully merced one of its own generals. Either way it's a bad look for Russia.

[–] joyjoy@lemmy.zip 1 points 2 days ago

Firing missiles as commercial jets makes an even bigger mess. 

…talking about Ukraine, perhaps?

[–] Harvey656@lemmy.world 5 points 2 days ago

Seems like the car just did that.

[–] realitista@lemmus.org 4 points 2 days ago
[–] SaharaMaleikuhm@feddit.org 3 points 2 days ago

Thoughts and prayers

[–] Zier@fedia.io 5 points 2 days ago

It's just like a scene from Ментовские войны. Good job Ukraine!

[–] bklyn@piefed.social 5 points 2 days ago

What a strangely circuitous headline

[–] jaybone@lemmy.zip 2 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Do the generals live in those style of apartments we see in the picture? I would think not.

[–] mittyta@lemmy.world 4 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

Yeah, exactly my thought when I read what car he had! Strange.

Upd: I checked address (Moscow, Yasnevaya str, 12k5) and this is new building that isn't very cheap. But definitely not to luxury.

[–] WanderWisley@lemmy.world 0 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

You need to push triangle a-bit sooner before the explosion noob.

[–] DrFistington@lemmy.world 0 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

That guy was a general and drove a freaking low end SUV. So fucking lame