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babylonsister

(171,102 posts)
Wed Apr 20, 2022, 07:07 AM Apr 2022

Ukrainian Millionaire Asks Ukrainian Military To Bomb His Russian-occupied Mansion

https://crooksandliars.com/2022/04/ukrainian-millionaire-asks-ukrainian

Ukrainian Millionaire Asks Ukrainian Military To Bomb His Russian-occupied Mansion
After Andrey Stavnitser saw Russian forces occupy his newly-built mansion he gave out the coordinates to the Ukrainian military to level it.
By Ed Scarce — April 19, 2022
Video @ link~


"I will rebuild this house, we will rebuild the country, the main thing is to save lives," he told "Good Morning Britain."

Source: NY Post

A Ukrainian millionaire says he asked the military to bomb his newly built mansion when he saw on a security camera that Russian forces had occupied it and were firing rockets at Kyiv from his property.

Andrey Stavnitser, CEO of TransInvestService, an IT company, said he saw via a webcam last month that Russian soldiers had taken up a position on his land, bringing along a dozen pieces of military equipment.

“They destroyed most of the cameras inside the house, but there was one small amateur webcam,” he told ITV’s “Good Morning Britain” on Monday.

Rather than allow the invaders to shell Ukraine’s nearby capital from his land, Stavnitser, 39, said he reached out to Ukraine’s armed forces, passed on to them the coordinates of his mansion and asked them to bomb it.

“It was a kind of an obvious decision for me,” the businessman said, adding that he felt “disgusted” to see the invaders traipse all over his home.

'I felt disgusted.'

Businessman Andrey Stavnitser’s house West of Kyiv was taken by Russian troops & Stavnitser saw from the webcams that Russians were deploying equipment from there. So he gave the location coordinates to the Ukraine military and ordered them to 'bomb' his home pic.twitter.com/bwl7ESIJAK

— Good Morning Britain (@GMB) April 18, 2022


A few days ago he told the same story to Bloomberg, with better photos.

"It looks like a nightmare."

Businessman Andrey Stavnitser asked the Ukrainian military to bomb his home near Kyiv when he found out the Russian army were using the property for attacks pic.twitter.com/b1hN9IwGth

— Bloomberg Quicktake (@Quicktake) April 15, 2022

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Ukrainian Millionaire Asks Ukrainian Military To Bomb His Russian-occupied Mansion (Original Post) babylonsister Apr 2022 OP
Did they do it? Srkdqltr Apr 2022 #1
It brings to mind a story I heard from the American Revolution.... lastlib Apr 2022 #2
For this thread LetMyPeopleVote Apr 2022 #3
So they did. Thanks for babylonsister Apr 2022 #4

lastlib

(23,320 posts)
2. It brings to mind a story I heard from the American Revolution....
Wed Apr 20, 2022, 08:32 AM
Apr 2022

can't recall the specifics, but same general outline. A wealthy landowner's palatial home was taken over by the British and used for a headquarters. The owner asked George Washington to bombard it with cannons, and the home was destroyed.

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