• panthera_@lemmy.today
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    1 day ago

    Seem simple to stop. Have Ukrainian police pretend to be servicemen and date these women.

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      17 hours ago

      Better solution - only gay men and straight women can serve in the areas those women might be operating from.

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      1 day ago

      Mevwr seen a paywall on Reuters, must be regional.

      Here

      www.reuters.com Ukraine police chief says Russia recruits young women to kill Ukrainian servicemen Anna Pruchnicka 3 - 4 minutes

      People mark the fourth anniversary of the full-scale Russian invasion in Kyiv

      People stand near lit candles at a makeshift memorial for fallen Ukrainian defenders to mark the fourth anniversary of the full-scale Russian invasion, amid Russia’s attack on Ukraine, at the… Purchase Licensing Rights, opens new tab Read more

      Summary
      
      Police chief says Russia recruits young women in Ukraine
      They are paid to kill Ukrainian servicemen, he says
      He cites six such cases this year, one of which failed
      

      June 10 (Reuters) - Ukraine’s police chief has accused Russia of recruiting teenage Ukrainian girls to kill Ukrainian military personnel, following the arrest of a 17-year-old suspected of murdering a serviceman on the instructions of a Russian operative.

      In an ​interview published on Wednesday by Ukrainian media outlet Cenzor.NET, national police chief Ivan ​Vyhivskyi said there had this year been six cases of contract killings ⁠arranged via the Telegram messaging app, one of which was prevented.

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      “We are talking about ​planned murders organised by the special services of the aggressor state and carried out by Ukrainian ​citizens,” he said.

      Russia’s FSB security service was not immediately available for comment. Russian security services accuse Kyiv of recruiting Russians for bombings in Russia, and Ukrainian military intelligence has claimed responsibility for assassinating several senior ​Russian officers since Moscow’s 2022 invasion.

      Vyhivskyi said Russian recruiters found young women via messaging platforms, promising ​them easy money and coordinating their actions remotely.

      Devon Spurgeon, a Telegram spokesperson, said in an emailed comment ‌that ⁠attempts to recruit people for sabotage on Telegram were routinely detected and removed. “Telegram is a platform for peaceful communication and privacy, not war.”

      The young women were instructed to search for Ukrainian military personnel on dating websites, and received money from their handlers to rent apartments to ​meet them, Vyhivskyi ​said.

      They were told of ⁠places where they could obtain methadone, a synthetic opioid used as a painkiller that can be lethal in high doses, for lacing ​drinks, he said.

      More than 1,100 Ukrainians have been accused of committing arson, ​terrorism or ⁠sabotage in betrayal of their country during the war, Ukraine’s security service has said.

      Police detained a 17-year-old woman in the western region of Zhytomyr last week following the poisoning of a ⁠serviceman and ​said she had been communicating via Telegram with a ​man who was likely a Russian security services agent.

      She had received a parcel containing a crystalline substance which investigators ​presumed was methadone, police said.

      Reporting by Anna Pruchnicka, Editing by Daniel Flynn and Timothy Heritage

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  • Nonconfrontational@lemmy.ml
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    And Ukraine uses AI controlled drones to systematically hunt and kill Russian soldiers. I know which one is worse.

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      17 hours ago

      So we both know Russia is the aggressor and must get the fuck out.

      Nice talk.

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      You mean the same Russian soldiers that invaded their country trying to take it over and killing their people in the process?

      Say it ain’t so!

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          20 hours ago

          It’s true that Ukrainians have more reasons to kill Russians than just the current invasion. They showed admirable restraint before that.

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            19 hours ago

            You’ll be happy to know they were murdering the shit out of ethnic Russians in Ukraine before this all popped off, then!

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              17 hours ago

              The separatists? Trying to declare independence with weapons, training, and outright reinforcements from Russia? Those ethnic Russians?

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                Sounds as American as apple pie and school shootings, lol. Aren’t you guys into independence and violent revolution?

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                  1 hour ago

                  Since 1864 we have had a policy of revolution for thee but not for me.

                  I work to change the is.

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              19 hours ago

              Marinate my balls in yo mouth. Wanting a Russian bitch boy gone doesn’t make me a fascists. Makes me a good god damn citizen.

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                19 hours ago

                Yeah buddy, all of those orcs are totally subhuman right? You know by that logic every American citizen deserves to be put down because their government has invaded 7 countries this year alone?

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                  17 hours ago

                  Nope. They’re human. And that what pisses me off.

                  By your logic if you came into my house stabbed me, crushed my son’s skull in, and then raped my wife and somehow I managed to get up and stab you in the head…you are saying I am the bad guy?

                  Russia invaded Ukraine. They broke in, crushed babies and raped women, and killed the men. No, they’re human. They are as human as they come.

                  And do I feel every one of em is bad? Fuck no. I’ve seen the good ones. I’ve talked to em. So don’t put words in my mouth. My anger is directed to the generals and officers who issue the commands, and the soldiers who know what they are doing is wrong and carry out the orders willingly.

                  And what you think I support what my govt does buddy? Lol. OK.

                  You don’t know me or my beliefs. I don’t blame the citizens as individuals but as a whole? Just like America, it’s up to us to stop it.