On Saturday, Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB) announced that they had stopped a plan by Ukraine to kill a high-ranking Russian officer and a pro-Russian blogger. The plan included a bomb hidden in a portable music speaker. The FSB, which is similar to the old KGB from Soviet times, stated that a Russian citizen contacted an officer from Ukraine’s GUR military intelligence using the Telegram messaging app. Following the officer’s orders, this person found a bomb in Moscow.
The bomb weighed as much as 1.5 kilograms of TNT and was filled with sharp ball bearings, making it very dangerous. The FSB did not reveal the names of the officer or the blogger who were supposed to be attacked. Ukraine’s GUR military intelligence could not be reached for comments immediately.
Ukraine claims that Russia’s war against it is a serious threat to its country and believes that targeted killings of certain people are acceptable. They think these attacks could help lower the enemy’s spirits and bring punishment to those they find guilty of war crimes. Russia, on the other hand, describes these actions as acts of terrorism and talks about how Ukraine has killed innocent people, like Darya Dugina in 2022.
On December 17, Ukraine’s SBU intelligence service reportedly killed Lieutenant General Kirillov, who was in charge of Russia’s Nuclear, Biological and Chemical Protection Troops. This happened right outside his apartment. Ukraine accused him of supporting the use of banned chemical weapons, something Russia denies.
A retired U.S. General and former envoy to Ukraine, Keith Kellogg, told Fox News that these actions seemed unwise and excessive. Russia has vowed to take revenge for Kirillov’s death.
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