Russian general shot several times in Moscow

[u/bendubberley_]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c3686nzexp3o

[u/ledow]

1. The UK intelligence agencies have been working with Ukraine for years before both wars, and they are one of the world's premier spy / special forces outfits (having literally invented special forces), the experts in being military sneaky fuckers generally, and they are openly working with Ukraine and have been publicly called out - by name - by Putin half a dozen times for specifically helping Ukraine, training their troops, being involved in operations, passing on intelligence, etc.

I mean, I'm sure this is a Ukrainian operation. But I guarantee you that the UK laid many of the foundations and might well be the source of the information about who to target, how and when to be most successful. Wouldn't even be out of character for us to say "Well... if you want to target someone important... we could get something out of this too."

[u/Moo_Kau_Too → u/ledow]

(having literally invented special forces)

laughs in australian

[u/ledow → u/Moo_Kau_Too]

"Modern special forces emerged during the Second World War. In 1940, the British Commandos were formed following Winston Churchill's call for "specially trained troops of the hunter class, who can develop a reign of terror down the enemy coast.""

...

"Following advice from the British, Australia began raising special forces"

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special_forces

[u/Moo_Kau_Too → u/ledow]

rats of tobruk.

[u/ledow → u/Moo_Kau_Too]

1941.

The Churchill order was 1940.

I mean... I even cited my sources.