If true this is a big deal: Chechen assassination team eliminated.

[Happy Hoosier]

The most interesting bit? He says the tip came from a source in the FSB..... the modern equivalent of the KGB.

Link to tweet

[NNadir]

1. Very big deal if true.

[Bev54]

4. Keeping my fingers crossed that this is true.

[NNadir]

6. As are we all. We must remember that there are...

...decent Russians who hate this as much as we do.

We were not all Trump, or Bush, although the world could see as such.

Russians working against Putin are heroes also.

[tblue37]

2. Especially if the tip really came from Russia's Federal Security Bureau.

[Happy Hoosier]

3. Yes....

It's a little fishy that the Ukrainians would say that if it were true. I mean, why burn the source?

BUT.... it could mean significant discontent within the Russian security apparatus.

[Brother Buzz]

5. The rumor the tip came from Russia's Federal Security Bureau...

is gonna chap Putin's butt!

[Captain Zero]

9. Maybe not true; gets the heat off the Chechens?

This could be Russian disinformation. Bear with me.

Maybe it's not a Chechen team at all. But they know some Chechens were killed. Let's call them up and say 'oh wow you guys got our kill team, darn.'

Ukraine search team let's up, but there is still a kill team or kill teams, actively seeking Zelinsky and others.

Russians expert at disinformation right. Why wouldn't they spread it on ground in an operation?

I'd say we are in a fog of war where we really can't say at any particular moment, especially after first hearing a report.

[hippywife]

10. It's been reported that one of the Chechen's top warlords was among those killed.

Not just a few dead Chechens.

https://www.democraticunderground.com/100216408492

[PatSeg]

7. Whoa!

[lindysalsagal]

8. No sign of this on WAPO, yet.