Vladimir Putin 'survived assassination attempt' soon after Ukraine invasion

[canetoad]

Source: The Age

By Nataliya Vasilyeva
May 24, 2022 — 8.00am

Brussels: Vladimir Putin survived an assassination attempt shortly after his invasion of Ukraine, Kyiv’s top military intelligence official said on Monday night, Brussels time.

Major General Kyrylo Budanov, the head of military intelligence, said the Russian authorities foiled the attack on the president two months earlier. “There were attempts to kill Putin,” Budanov, 36, told Ukrainska Pravda, a Ukrainian online newspaper.

“There was an assassination attempt recently by, as they call it, representatives of the Caucasus. This was not in the public domain. A completely failed attempt, but it really did happen about two months ago.”

Major General Budanov did not provide any details and it was unclear if he was referring to Russia’s North Caucasus that saw two separatist wars in the 1990s or the South Caucasus, which includes Georgia.

Read more: https://www.theage.com.au/world/europe/vladimir-putin-survived-assassination-attempt-soon-after-ukraine-invasion-20220524-p5anwh.html

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Shame it failed.

[Comfortably_Numb]

1. Oh well, tomorrow is a brand new day. Next in line, please shoot your shot.

[CloudWatcher]

2. Maybe yes, maybe not

The single source is Ukraine's Major General Kyrylo Budanov, the head of military intelligence. Without details or other sources this sounds a lot like wishful thinking (and propaganda) from the Ukrainians.

Time will tell!

[Evolve Dammit]

3. Lots of lives lost and destruction may have been avoided. He needs to be gone.

[Grokenstein]

4. "But it really did happen! It did! Why would I lie about such thing?"

Super cool story, comrade.

[TomSlick]

5. I'm skeptical.

I believe nothing from the Russian government without independent verification from a reliable source.

[AntiFascist]

7. The story cites a top military official of Ukraine's military intelligence, not Russia's n/t

[TomSlick]

8. If Ukrainian MI has that information, they have some really good assets in the Kremlin.

Reports like this from either side should be taken with a bit of salt. I will avoid getting my hopes up about efforts to remove Putin until there are reliable reports he has been deposed - preferably with extreme prejudice.

[AntiFascist]

9. I can't speak to this particular story...

but we have posted other news items that originated with Ukrainian intelligence, such as the sinking of the Moskva, which people found hard to believe initially.

[TomSlick]

10. Good point.

I look forward to pictures of Putin in a box.

[Igel]

11. Were it 3/1/2022, I might agree.

3 months after the fact ... Might be what the humint says, but that may well be very wrong.

[IronLionZion]

13. Ukraine gets plenty of intel from NATO countries, including the US

Putin is very paranoid and for good reason. So it is possible

[greenjar_01]

6. *cough* *cough* *bullshit* *cough* *cough*

Ahem. Achhhhemmm.

Let me clear my throat (Ed Lover dance)

[onetexan]

27. ahem ahem...choke choke...ooofff...ooofff...ekkkeeekkkkk...

i got a frog in my throat as well over this fake news. Somebody's trying to make putin out to be a victim. On behalf of millions of people, i hope its his own comrades who do him in.

[Trueblue1968]

12. bummer it didn't work.

[IronLionZion]

14. Keep trying

[BigmanPigman]

15. Hopefully the next one will be successful.

We know there will be another one at least. I'm surprised tRump is still alive since he has as many enemies as Putin.

Hell, if I were sure I'd be 100% successful and I was going to die of a terminal illness really soon I'd do it myself. My sister said the same thing. There must be a ton of people who want both of them to disappear forever. Personally I'd prefer to see them suffer in pure agony for the rest of their miserable lives but offing them would benefit the whole planet so the sooner the better.

[AntiFascist]

16. Trump better be careful if he wants another Civil War n/t

[BigmanPigman]

17. Didn't he like to equate

himself and "another great Republican, Lincoln"? I recall how he was surprised to learn Lincoln was a GOP even though every 5th grader knows that.

[homegirl]

23. Add me

to the list. At 87 I have nothing to lose!

[Rhiannon12866]

18. Wow! No wonder he keeps a 40 foot table between himself and anyone he meets with

However, back in the day the rifle teams I was on practiced with 50 foot targets.

[truthisfreedom]

19. Hooey.

Show us photos or it never happened.

[Emile]

20. Well then they need to try a little harder!

This fuggging madman will end up destroying the planet.

[niyad]

21. "If at first you don't succeed. . ."

[homegirl]

22. How very convenient

to be so very unspecific and confusing as to actul timeline. Soon, he will claim that the attempt set off the Russian invasion of the Ukraine.

[867-5309.]

24. Cool story, bro n/t

[liberalla]

25. Better luck next time.

[FakeNoose]

26. I seriously doubt this! Why didn't any of the European news media report it?

And even if it did happen - there's NO sympathy for him anywhere.