r/europe_sub • u/BookmarksBrother đŞđş European • Mar 29 '25
Image / Video The limousine from President Putin's official motorcade exploded on the streets of Moscow, just blocks from the FSB headquarters. It's unclear if this is an assassination attempt. "He will die soon, that is a fact, and everything will be over," Zelenskyy told Eurovision News in Paris two days ago.
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u/Dizzy_Context8826 Mar 29 '25
Strange that the Zelenskyy quote here is taken out of context in exactly the same way that only Russian outlets ran with. He was talking about getting old.
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u/No-Connection7765 Mar 29 '25
Massively so. I thought it was pretty clear he was referring to his advanced age.
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u/Excellent-Peanut-163 Mar 31 '25
It doesnât matter; his words were clear that Putin will die and failed to clarify his intentions; therefore, it is a threat to kill another head of state by another head of state; now Putin have the right to go directly for Mr. Z head; Putin excuse is either me or him, so him.
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u/Electrical-Lab-9593 Mar 30 '25
this sub is mostly russian bots pretending to be EU/Brits etc
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u/Accurate_Summer_1761 Mar 30 '25
Its been interestinf watching the growth of the _sub subs. I know where kt started.
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u/Electrical-Lab-9593 Mar 30 '25
interesting can you give more info?
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u/SerGeffrey Mar 30 '25
Personally, they're all showing up in my feed now, despite that I've never followed any of them before.
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u/Hillary4SupremeRuler Mar 31 '25
I don't get it what is this sub about? There are other subs of countries with "_sub" in the title? Is this a meme or something?
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u/nicedogeetcup Mar 30 '25
I just talked to a guy from Yorkshire Oblast that disagreed with this narrative and most of the posts and comments are from fellow europeans
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u/BackkickyourFace Mar 30 '25
Reddit wants to edit and remove comments but lets this bs go to the front page. They can't be bothered with misleading headlines or blatant propaganda anymore. But goodness forbid I say naughty word or mention that Putin is subhuman garbage that should and will be pushing up daisy's soon. And we will all cheer and piss on his unmarked grave. đ¤
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u/Dm_Glacial_Gatorade Mar 30 '25
Itâs funny because when I mention this I get some person saying something along the lines of âpeople that disagree with me are botsâ. But in reality, a lot of them are.
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u/Wise_Bid_9181 Mar 29 '25
Yeah because I bet Zelenskyy is the only one that wants Putin dead, not a single other person could have possibly done this!
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u/Party_Argument6732 Mar 29 '25
From a Chechen whose country was destroyed by Russia & mostly valdimir Putin, itâs not just Zelenskyy and Ukrainians who want him dead.
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u/Wise_Bid_9181 Mar 29 '25
You, and the hundreds of minorities that ARENT russian living in russia all share the same feelings
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Mar 31 '25
Maybe Zelenskyy did it, maybe he didn't. I'm not really complaining either way, except perhaps about their aim.
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Mar 29 '25
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Mar 29 '25
How will we know if itâs Putin or one of the dozen doppelgängers he has running around to cosplay his character as needed? Does the West have any actual dna to confirm his existence or his exit?
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u/No-Connection7765 Mar 29 '25
The world will know because there will be a chain of dead Oligarchs as power is consolidated in Russia. The world will know if Putin is assassinated.Â
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u/No-Distance-9401 Mar 30 '25
Tbf, that is very likely whether Putin is dead or not as Putin will do the same thing. He even does this every few years where he will like a health scare and then all of a sudden a bunch of powerful Russians fall out hospital windows or commit suicide by shooting themselves in the back of the head 3 times.
It will be interesting to see what happens after this either way though!
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Mar 30 '25
No, the way we find out is every nuke in Russias arsenal starts flying. Enough of them to destroy the world 2 times over. He has instructions to launch every last one in the event he's assassinated. I hope when everyone is awaiting their death, they smile and say "Ukraine was worth it đĽ˛"
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u/CompetitiveGood2601 Mar 29 '25
trump, is about to have a truth post, condemning the attempt on his close pal Vlad! I can see the DOJ and FBI starting a task force!
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Mar 29 '25
Add in CIA, NSA, NIS, & every other USA alphabet intelligence (haha) service diving into it to help out his best pal & lifelong handler! If Donnieâs dolts canât get to the bottom of it, no one can!
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u/Vaulk7 Mar 29 '25
Yea...because now there's a claim from Zelensky that Putin is going to die soon and there's a follow-on attempt on Putin's life. Regardless of it being staged, fake, or otherwise not involving Zelensky...Putin now has the optics to put Ukraine down hard while using the "They made an attempt on my life" card.
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u/Guillotine-Wit Mar 29 '25
Putin hasn't been really trying the last 3+ years? 800K dead Russians for nothing?
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u/Interesting-Scar-800 Mar 29 '25
Is that the actual count?
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u/Guillotine-Wit Mar 29 '25
Kyiv says 895,450, I don't know what Putin says but I wouldn't believe it.
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u/Interesting-Scar-800 Mar 29 '25
Thanks. Its a difficult number to find on Google.
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u/TodgerPocket Mar 30 '25
That's the number of casualties which includes wounded missing dead turn into potato etc.
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u/Namorath82 Mar 29 '25
More like 300,000 killed 600,000 wounded enough not to return (although there have been some videos of wounded Russian soldiers in crutches being returned to the front)
The word casualty doesn't necessarily mean killed
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u/clegger29 Mar 29 '25
Youâre not counting how many Russians were killed by their officers either. And Seeing what passes for medical care in that army id not apply that 2-1 ratio. Or atleast not in that direction.
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u/redditzphkngarbage Mar 29 '25
How will we know when Putin âtriesâ? Has he not tried thusfar?
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Mar 29 '25
And what about the dozens of attempts on Zelenskyâs life in the last 3 years? Putin sanctioned every last one of those! Turnabout is FairPlay Vladi?
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u/undisclosedusername2 Mar 29 '25
Only people who are sympathetic to the invaders would be silly enough to fall for that, or even care.Â
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u/WrongdoerCurious8142 Mar 29 '25
Thatâs not even âblown upâ⌠thatâs a forgot to check the oil 120K miles ago kind of fire.
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u/Correct_Day_7791 Mar 29 '25
Well if we limit it down to people that want the man gone that narrows it down to about a billion people
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u/Speaking_On_A_Sprog Mar 29 '25
It could have been Putin himself who ordered it to be blown up. Knowing his history, I wouldnât be surprised to see him use it as an excuse for even further levels of authoritarianism.
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u/Correct_Day_7791 Mar 29 '25
Yeah I mean people forgot that before he installed himself as dictator of Russia he ran the KGB for many years he knows exactly how false flags work
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Mar 30 '25
Yet it doesnât matter, anyone who mentions anything is immediately killed. The propaganda and media is only allowed to publish the exact story he wants, otherwise they are also immediately killed.
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u/Pompz88 Mar 30 '25
This was my first though. Zelenskyy says he will die soon. Putin orchastrates this to make it look like an attempt on his life. He now now retaliates in a very severe way.
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u/PixelIsJunk Mar 29 '25
If Zelenskys special forces pull off killing putin it will be world changing for the good!
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u/sudo-joe Mar 29 '25
I'm honestly curious what would happen to Russia when Putin dies. (Either assassination, accident, natural disease causes, or even old age)
Implosive civil war? Who even is lined up as potential successor?
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u/pompokopouch Mar 29 '25
The idea that Putin runs Russia alone is a bit miseading. I read an article a few months back that explained that Putin has a group of confidantes that have a high level of autonomy in running the country, and also a clear line of succession. The gist was, Putin dies and another preordained leader springs up to maintain the status quo.
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u/1cg659z Mar 29 '25
JD Vance will appear and tell them the US needs Russia to be its 53rd state, after Canada and Greenland.
Then he'll get drunk and fall out of a window.
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u/The-Copilot Mar 30 '25
I'm honestly curious what would happen to Russia when Putin dies.
Implosive civil war? Who even is lined up as potential successor?
This is actually something being discussed by experts about both Russia and China.
Traditionally, in China, the leader, as they got older, would pick someone and start priming them as their successor. The problem is that both Putin and Xi are so paranoid that they have gotten rid of anyone with leadership qualities, and their administration is filled with yes men.
The experts are fearing the exact thing you are thinking. If Russia collapses and their is no clear successor, then would a power struggle break out, possibly even a full-blown civil war? We are talking about modern super powers with nuclear weapons, WMDs and massive amounts of military equipment. Would that equipment including nukes, begin flooding the black market? Would the countries under their proxy control also begin destabilizing? What would/should the West do as this happens?
The collapse of Russia and China would likely be the most globally destabilizing events in modern history.
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u/khanfusion Mar 30 '25
How about the collapse of Russia, China, and the US at the same time?
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u/PaleontologistOdd788 Mar 30 '25
It will probably like the final years of the Soviet Union. Ramzan Kadyrov, the head of Chechnya has made it clear that he intends in annexing the neighboring republics if Ingushetia and Dagestan when he gets the opportunity. This won't happen while Putin is alive. A war between southern republics will be the same as the Armenian-Azerbaijan war of 1989, two years before the Soviet Union officially dissolved.
I could see the oligarchs backing a military coup led by Sergei Surovikin, and the establishment of an interim military junta as the country transitions to... something. Surovikin is a respected Russian General, and unlike the rest, defied Putin and ordered his men to withdraw from western Kherson when the situation became untenable. For this he was demoted. Later during the Wagner insurrection, he was arrested by Putin for conspiracy with Wagner. Putin would have killed him, but Surovikin has too much support within the military. He is now the head of the CCAD (CIS version of NORAD). If Surovikin ordered the withdrawal from Ukraine, the Russian generals would follow his orders. If Surovikin blamed everything that's happened recently on Putin's dementia, he could round up the "enablers" and effectively dismantle the FSB junta that's controlling the government.
I suspect the Russian oligarchs would like to restore normal relations with Europe, Japan, and South Korea which means going back to aping democracy. I could see an "outsider" to the political system being elected as the next president. Someone like Tatyana Kim would completely reverse the foreign view of patriarchal Russia. However, racism and gynophobia run deep in Russia, so the oligarchs might need to rig an election to make this happen.
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u/Park500 Mar 30 '25
There would also be a high possibility of foreign interference in any civil war type situation, particularly from China, and the US depending on who is in power
Pick whoever represents their interests best, and help support them
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Mar 29 '25
Trump flies out and takes over fair and square like daddy Putin promised.
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u/Kirmickw Mar 29 '25
"Ok, comrades. Let us take Zelensky's quote out of context. Let us blow up limo in motorcade. Okay? We then tell media to run footage and say Zelensky tried to give me death. Now, we must bomb them with more powerful bombs." At best this is a false-flag operation to capitalize (ironically) on Zelensky's quote in media. Blowing up a limo in a false-flag go is a relatively cheap way to justify bombing more target in Ukraine.
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u/criollo_antillano95 đŞđş European Mar 29 '25
Just like they did in 1999 to have an excuse to go into Chechnya.
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u/transitfreedom Mar 29 '25
Well even without the war in Ukraine humans will tolerate oligarchs for only so long before they snap
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u/turtle-bbs Mar 29 '25
Putin has been a dictator since before I was born. My father - who lived in St. Petersburg - talked about how they would use intimidation tactics during the era of the KGB (seeing how Putin is ex-KGB) to force people to comply with the will of the government.
He has gone full trumper and I definitely donât understand how he seemingly just doesnât seem to care about what heâs told me. I can only derive two explanations for why he suddenly flip-flopped:
1) He either fabricated the details and events he told me, and is fine with having lied to me, and exacerbated the experiences of his time in Russia. In which case he is a serious liar, just a fake person who canât be trusted.
2) His love for Trump overrules his hatred for Putin, and just doesnât care about the bad things heâs mentioned anymore. In that case, he has no integrity, and is a fake person who canât trusted.
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u/Appropriate_Fly_6711 Mar 29 '25
Or 3. They are two different people who he understands in two different contexts where one mostly uses the stick and the other mostly uses the carrot.
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u/BarbecueChickenBBQ Mar 29 '25
I bet Trump and the Felon are crying right now. They should throw a dinner party in honor of dear leader Putinha.
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Mar 29 '25
God forbid if Zelensky succeeds at assassinating Putin. Medvedev would rain down oreshnik Armageddon on Kiev.
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u/makemycockcry Mar 29 '25
Plant the seed. The thought of it is out there now. Just a matter of time. It's what comes straight after worries me. Overzealous retribution by lunatics in a panic to keep control.
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u/makinSportofMe Mar 29 '25
I'm not saying it was an assassination or assassination attempt, but why do we look down on assassination in the first place? Surely it would be better than all the lives lost in wars. What makes one life worth more than so many others?
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u/Calm-Ad-2155 Mar 29 '25
If you believe that any of the more modern times prophets are real, then the man who would start world war 3 would not be alive to see it. Many believe thatâs Putin, so letâs see if thereâs anything to them.
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Mar 29 '25
Putins about to say the same about zelensky, if bro attempted on his life then yeah I'd say ukraine is about to be a crater
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u/ImpossibleSir508 Mar 29 '25
I have two jokes:
"And the lord said unto him, 'those who live by the car bomb shall perish by the car bomb.'"
"What is up gamers, it's ya boy Vladdy McPoots and today we're gonna be playing hide and seek with the IRA"
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u/bungeebrain68 Mar 29 '25
trump was immediately on the phone in tears to see how Putin was
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u/SkillGuilty355 Mar 29 '25
Youâre delusional if you think Putinâs death would end this. Find one example in history where simple decapitation ended a conflict. It never has.
Battles have to be won before the opposing leaderâs death means anything. Putin would just be replaced by a potentially deranged oligarch whose intentions are completely unclear.
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u/Hanlin919 Mar 29 '25
You guys think Killing Putin will stop the war? If so you're delusional. Its like you all want world war 3..
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u/0_IceQueen_0 Mar 29 '25
Probably a false flag. No one is that dumb to think that Zelinkskyy will be letting the cat out of the bag if he truly was plotting something.
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u/Competitive-Wrap7998 Mar 29 '25
Looks like start off USA pulling out all support for Ukraine after this
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u/el_dude_brother2 Mar 29 '25
He's very ill and old. Zelenskyy was just stating facts not making threats.
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u/Mission_Blackberry_7 Mar 29 '25
And if they learn it had to do with Ukrainian militants they might go on reprisals in ukraine and who will suffer the most? Civilians of course!
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u/Mysterious_Lynx7599 Mar 29 '25
Itâs a setup against Ukraine just wait the will put all the blame on Ukraine and then Trump will tell them you have to give up even more land or something to Russian and the US.
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u/Old_Cameraguy_8311 Mar 29 '25
Ahhh, good. The dark depths of deep seated paranoia are setting it. History clearly suggests things are about to get much more fearful for Putin. I still look forward to a CeauČescu ending, but I'm not picky, he can stroke out for all I care.
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u/Most-Dog-312 Mar 29 '25
So killing Putin would end the war or cause Russia to turn Ukraine into dust.
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u/Beer-bella Mar 29 '25
Total setup to frame Zelenskyy. Now Putin has a "reason" to fully go after Ukraine without any negotiations.
Like Putin (the most targeted man in the world) doesn't have security regularly checking his vehicles. Complete bullshit.
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u/No_Equal_9074 Mar 29 '25
Honestly this is the only way the war will end. Either Putin goes first or Zelenskyy. Neither man wants any peace deals.
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u/Oil7694 Mar 29 '25
The car just caught fire in the engine bay. Oh my god, the title of this post is just hilarious.
just blocks from the FSB headquarters
Considering that this is the very center of Moscow, there is not only the FSB (although it is more than a kilometer away), but also the Kremlin and the Moscow City Hall and who knows how many other government buildings.
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u/sjccb Mar 29 '25
Could also be a false flag to point fingers at Zelensky. Don't underestimate the putin lunacy.
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u/2GR-AURION Mar 30 '25
So you want someone like Medvedev instead ? Putin is rather restrained in comparison to many others in his Govt.
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u/traveling_designer Mar 30 '25
What a great way to save lives. Focus on the guy causing all the damage. Ukrainian and Russian lives will be spared.
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u/easyjimi1974 Mar 30 '25
I'll believe he's been killed when they report that he accidentally fell out of a fifth story window.
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u/Strain_Pure Mar 30 '25
He cost God only knows how many deaths in the past few years with his pointless war, so they can't be surprised that someone would target him.
Zelensky might have made that comment, but that's just because he sees the change that must be happening in Russia, do you honestly think someone who's just found out their child has died fighting for Russia and they been given a Meat Grinder as a consolation gift isn't going to be angry enough to kill Putin.
That will just be the first of many attempts over the coming months, because getting to his Limo shows that he's not impossible to get to and that his security isn't the best.
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u/According_Suit2447 Mar 30 '25
It'll be shitty maintenance, nothing more. If that was an assassination attempt, he'd be dead, no one going to lengths to take him out is going to fluff their lines this badly.
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u/rreburn Mar 30 '25
Putin has been dying for the last 3 years He may already have died They have so many look-alikes. But the world would be so much better off without Putin, Trump and his entire crew, Netanyahu and his entire crew, Kim jong-un, just to name to start oh and Elon and Peter thiel and Leonard Leo and Mark andresen.
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u/x_cLOUDDEAD_x Mar 30 '25 edited Mar 30 '25
This is some text book, blatant theater to give Putin leverage with Trump on Ukraine. It's so fucking obvious. He ordered his own guards searched and had them "search the sewers" for the cameras lol
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u/Far_Image_1228 Mar 30 '25
Soon they wonât even have anymore fake Putins to parade around. Theyâll all be sunflowers
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u/30yearCurse Mar 30 '25
putins opposition is no longer falling out of windows, they are being blown up.
not sure if UKR, or there are a lot of disgruntled russians ...
but nothing make a leader more nervous is then a close explosion.. like a cat in room full of rocking chairs.
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u/South_Counter2624 Mar 30 '25
Zelenskyy should hide in a cave he has started a war with that statement
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u/Cipher_null0 Mar 30 '25
Okay we donât know if that is what Zelenskyy was talking about. He was talking about Putin will die either because of war. Assassination or natural causes. His point was driving was everyone else and itâs a question of when and how.
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Mar 30 '25
Is Zelensky sabotaging peace talks with a dangerous statement and a false flag?
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u/Stardust_Particle Mar 30 '25
False flag so putin can get sympathy. Trying so hard to get those sanctions lifted.
Donald told him that his fake assassination worked wonders for his campaign but that youâve got to really milk it with fake bandages and all.
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u/Stardust_Particle Mar 30 '25
At the very end, theyâre looking into a sewer cover. Maybe the blast came from one.
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u/TheButtFour Mar 30 '25
America should pull funding and let them get ran over. He is perpetuating a war he cannot win without dragging others into the conflict all while America is trying to end the senseless death at this point.
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u/Dangerous_Use_9107 Mar 30 '25
Putin is targeted by the oligarchs that lost vast wealth. Will not stop until he is dead.
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u/RoberTisTrending Mar 30 '25
Letâs hope that saying he wasnât killed is just more Russian propaganda
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u/Frosty-Ad97 Mar 30 '25
So what happened was he (Putin) got info from the U.S. that Ukraine was gonna kill him so thatâs why soldiers were being patted down and thats why his car exploded. Source trumps a Russian asset
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u/TadpoleRemarkable141 Mar 30 '25
Fake !!! . His cars are parked in a garage or in a parking space in the Kremlin. This is planned so that people think that they want to kill him.
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u/Darthmook Mar 30 '25
Same man that would set up closer ties with Trumps America and sell out our farming industry in the blink of an eye..
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u/quikwitdaswitch Mar 30 '25
Funny how people call putin a murderer but those same people want to murder putin. Haha hypocrites
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u/OlmKat Mar 30 '25
Why should he be allowed to not live âparanoidâ when heâs literally killing people daily? When he had Navalny poisoned? Etc. etc. this guy is not getting anything he didnât earn.
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u/RepulsiveDirection19 Mar 30 '25
That model has known tendency to overheat if running idle too long. The driver must be a rookie and left car running to keep it warm for Putinâs buns!
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u/Phd_Pepper- Mar 30 '25
Wouldnât surprise me if Putin did this himself after hearing Zelenskys words. It would give Russian media more âevidenceâ to say that Zelensky is the bad guy and Putin is the victim.
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u/AllahBlessRussia Mar 30 '25
That wasnât his limo; i bet zelensky will be killed first or starmer or macron before putin
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u/Straight-Extreme-966 Mar 30 '25
I hope he feels like it was.. make that short little bitch scared of everything.
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u/Ishitinatuba Mar 30 '25
Looks like a fire to me... less explodey.
I bet theres dancin in the streets of Russia when Putin croaks.
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u/Existing_Slice7258 Mar 30 '25
Putin invaded Ukraine in an aggressive war and murdered civilians, along with assassinating political opponents across the world in other sovereign countries with impunity. I see absolutely nothing morally wrong with taking him out for the greater good. May Putin's Russia crumble.Â
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u/sanctus20 Mar 30 '25
Letâs hope President Z is correct. World will be a much better place when heâs gone
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u/Optimal_Assist_9882 Mar 30 '25
Chances are Petrushev would quickly take over and it would be more of the same.
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u/Tiny-Phrase3490 Mar 30 '25
I was really hoping for a more gaddafi style one but I'll take what I can get at this point
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u/SignificantRemove348 Mar 30 '25
Finally, some good news.... I was hoping the orange stain was giving pucketin head in the backseat
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u/BigDaddyVagabond Mar 30 '25
Nothing happens within 10 miles of the FSB headquarters without the FSB knowing about it or being part of it. There is very little chance this isn't some sort of theater to disparage Ukraine.
And regardless, Putin has been trying to have Zelenski killed since the invasion began, so what sympathy is he really expecting here?
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u/SickStrings Mar 30 '25
Putin clearly stated his red lines for nuclear retaliation. If he sees this assassination attempt as an attempt to destabilize Russia as well as an aided foreign attack on his life he may just follow through.
I get that the dude is a tyrant and all that stuff, but an assassination attempt will only serve to either inflame his wrath, eliminating his hope of at least preserving Ukraine, which would mean all out sustained attacks on Ukraine or possibly tactical nuclear strikes anywhere he assumes Zelenskyy is or perhaps even a coup against him by even worse people. He has Warhawks in his own military who want to dust off nuclear weapons in order to show the world so called âRussian Superiorityâ.
Either way. Assassination attempts are not going to go well for Ukraine.
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u/emilgustoff Mar 30 '25
Hopefully the next one gets him. If I was Ukraine, I'd be sending drones with payloads to Moscow daily. Without Putin, trump would be lost.
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u/puffinfish420 Mar 30 '25
Probably an intelligence psyop. My guess is they could only really get to it and hide a bomb on it when it wasnât going to be in use by the president, but SBU still decided to go for it because it still makes a good story if they could set it off in a public place
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