RFE: Colonel In Ukrainian Military Intelligence Killed In Kyiv Car Bombing
A colonel in Ukraine’s armed forces has been killed in a car bombing in Kyiv that authorities are investigating as a "terrorist attack."
A Defense Ministry statement on the June 27 explosion identified the victim of the blast as Colonel Maksim Shapoval.
Police said law enforcement officers received a message at 8:16 a.m. in Kyiv saying a Mercedes had exploded at a crossroads in the Solomyansky district, killing a man inside the car and wounding a passerby.
CCTV pictures that captured the moment the car bomb exploded show a flash of fire followed by a large plume of smoke rising up from a tree-lined street in the capital. Several cars nearby stopped, but none appeared affected by the blast, which left the car Shapoval was in mangled and charred.
"The national police, rescuers, as well as explosives and forensic experts are working at the scene," the Defense Ministry said. "The event has been qualified as a terrorist act."
It gave no further details.
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WNU Editor: He just came back from fighting Russian-Ukrainian rebels in eastern Ukraine .... and while he was there a string of assassinations of separatist leaders in Ukraine’s east have occurred. I could be wrong, but this smells like blow-back to me.
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2 comments:
Could be payback, it can also be some internal conflict. It seems like all of Ukraine in both the separatist part but also in the western part is like an episode of "Game of thrones".
The fight for freedom is not easy. Best buckle up for a long bumpy ride I'm afraid. I hate war.
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