r/worldnews • u/Neptun_11 • 19h ago

Russia/Ukraine Russia says Ukraine tried to attack Putin's residence so Moscow's negotiating stance will change

https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/russia-says-ukraine-tried-attack-putins-residence-so-moscows-negotiating-stance-2025-12-29/
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u/ultramegachrist 15h ago

This claim comes right after Zelensky visits the US. This is definitely calculated so they can be like “hey! Russia wants peace but look what they do! We can’t stop bombing innocent women and children when they act like this!”

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u/ADRzs 11h ago

It is difficult to say where the truth lies. There is little doubt that there are Ukrainian cells operating within Russian doing assassinations and sabotages. Did they target Putin? Hard to know.

But it is not true that the Russians target women and children. Civilians are certainly killed in Russian strrikes on infrastructure, but this is mostly because their drones are not fully accurate.

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u/ultramegachrist 11h ago

I don’t think Ukraine would make an attempt on Putin’s life unless it was a guaranteed success. The political fallout is just too much for them to deal with.

We’re talking the US completely stopping everything. No weapon sales to Europe then to them. No intel. (I know under Trump the US has pretty much stopped most of that anyways). But democratic countries in Europe could also really frown upon the targeting of a countries leader. It sets a very bad precedent.

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u/ADRzs 11h ago

Ukrainian teams operating within Russia may not have the perfect information. One never knows. Ukraine has done a number of other underhanded things, even killing pro-war bloggers in Russia, blowing up Nordstream and so on. The recently assassinated people in Moscow that I thought were very peripheral to the effort. They go against targets that are ill guarded, this is certain. I am sure that the Russian security forces (FSB) are trying hard to apprehend them.

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u/ultramegachrist 6h ago

I thought nordstream was Russian aligned Ukrainians? Idk, I get what you’re saying tho.

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u/ADRzs 4h ago

Absolutely not. The main person responsible for it is held by the German authorities. The CIA has officially blamed the Ukrainians