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| Budanov or Syrsky may have been eliminated during a strike by the Russian Armed Forces near Kharkov |
| 2024-04-17 |
| Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited. [Regnum] A strike by the Russian military on the Ukrainian Armed Forces training ground near Kharkov could lead to the liquidation of the head of the Main Intelligence Directorate (GUR) of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine, Kirill Budanov (listed in the Russian Federation as terrorists and extremists) or the commander-in-chief of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, Alexander Syrsky. This became known on April 16. “The information is unofficial, but it comes from Ukrainian channels as well. The Russian Armed Forces delivered a powerful blow to the training ground in the Chuguev area, Kharkov region. The head of the State Intelligence Service of Ukraine, Kirill Budanov, was allegedly there. Officers also came under attack,” the Military Delo Telegram channel reported. It is noted that, according to also unofficially unconfirmed information, it was not Budanov who could have come under attack, but Syrsky. “All messages come with an emphasis on the fact that important officials have been killed,” the message says. There have been no official messages from either the Russian or Ukrainian sides. As Regnum reported, Budanov repeatedly promised reprisals against Russians and admitted the involvement of the Kiev regime in terrorist attacks on Russian territory. One of his loudest statements were the words that Kiev “killed and will kill Russians” anywhere in the world. The head of the Main Intelligence Directorate threatened new terrorist attacks in Crimea and voiced plans to destroy “everything Russian” on the peninsula, calling for the transfer of hostilities to Russian territory. In December 2023, the Ministry of Internal Affairs put Budanov on the wanted list. By a decision of the Basmanny Court, he was given a preventive measure in absentia in the form of arrest, he was accused of 104 terrorist attacks and was added to the list of terrorists and extremists. FSB Director Alexander Bortnikov stated that Budanov, like others involved in crimes against Russia, is a legitimate target of the Russian Armed Forces. Related from regnum.ru RIA Novosti: the head of the GUR Budanov personally supervised the assassination attempt on blogger Shariy The assassination attempt on Ukrainian blogger Anatoly Shariy living in Spain, which occurred in March, was personally supervised by the head of the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine Kirill Budanov (listed as terrorists and extremists in the Russian Federation), RIA Novosti reported on April 16, citing a source in Russian law enforcement agencies. As the interlocutor told reporters, the Main Intelligence Directorate, in collaboration with the Security Service of Ukraine, developed an operation “under a false flag.” The plan was to eliminate the blogger and make it look like Russia organized the murder. “As part of the operation, surveillance was carried out, traffic routes were identified, weapons were delivered and handed over to the criminals,” the publication quoted the interlocutor. According to him, the Ukrainian special services, posing as Russian agents, recruited Ukrainians living in Spain and representatives of the local criminal environment. The formal attitude of the Spanish law enforcement agencies during the investigation of the assassination attempt is also noted, since law enforcement officers did not even inspect the fired car and the scene of the incident, and also did not interview witnesses. As reported by IA Regnum, on March 6, Shariy reported an attempt on him and his wife. The blogger said that they were driving a car when two people opened fire on the car with a machine gun with a silencer. He also stated that two weeks before the incident, Spanish law enforcement agencies received information about an impending assassination attempt. On March 12, Shariy accused Spanish law enforcement agencies of incompetence and lack of professionalism, as well as reluctance to investigate the attempted murder. He appealed to the Russian special services with a request to thoroughly investigate this case. |
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