It reads like a bad dystopian spy novel.
A former Member of Parliament (MP) accuses the leader of a corrupt nation of taking cocaine, and ends up getting slapped for being a “traitor” and a “spoof”.
Except, the leader is Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, and the dead man had defected to Russia just weeks after Moscow launched its invasion.
According to the United Kingdom mirror“Illya Kyva was shot dead in the village of Suponevo, west of Moscow, after calling Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky a cocaine addict.”
“The man was a Kremlin propagandist and one of Putin's puppets, who dutifully appeared on state TV programs and had alleged that Zelensky was an MI6 puppet,” the outlet alleged.
“We can confirm that Kyva is finished,” said Andriy Yusov, a spokesman for Ukraine's military intelligence, adding: “This fate will befall other traitors in Ukraine, as well as henchmen of the Putin regime “.
Kyva was “one of the biggest scoundrels, traitors and collaborators”, Yusov said, and his murder, reportedly orchestrated by Ukraine's SBU security services, was “justice”.
“Before going to the Russian side, Kyva had fought against Moscow-backed separatist rebels in Ukraine's eastern Donetsk region and was elected to parliament in 2019,” reports the Mirror. “Since his flight to Moscow, Kyva has been a frequent participant in talk shows on Russian state television during which he criticized the Ukrainian leadership.”
Kyva was sentenced in absentia by a Ukrainian court to 14 years behind bars on charges of treason.
It is not the first time that Ukraine has sent its assassins to Russia to eliminate a considered enemy.
“Kyva's killing follows a series of other attacks on prominent war supporters in Russia,” the Mirror notes. “In August 2022, Darya Dugina, the daughter of Russian nationalist ideologue Alexander Dugin, was killed in a car bomb explosion outside Moscow.”
According to the BBC“Since the Russian invasion, the SBU and military intelligence have claimed a number of successful operations against high-value targets in the occupied regions of the country, as well as in Russia itself.”
The BBC reports:
In another development, Russian-backed politician Oleg Popov was killed in a car bomb attack in the eastern Ukrainian city of Luhansk on Wednesday, local authorities said.
Most of the Luhansk region has been captured by Russia. Ukraine has not commented on this attack.
His death came weeks after Lugansk region deputy Mikhail Filiponenko was killed in a similar attack claimed by Kyiv.
AX, many wondered whether Zelensky had not crossed the line into “war crimes” territory with the hit on Kyva, who, according to the BBC, was “planning to seek political asylum in Russia.”
“Is this a war crime?” asked one user. “Murdering civilians who seek asylum?”
Is this a war crime? Murder civilians who seek asylum?
— Ciaran Nugent (@ciarannugent) December 7, 2023
Very democratic regime of Ukraine.
— M (@taari__maano) December 7, 2023
They are who they are and what they do! They are sick!
— Linda Nichols (@lindamnichols69) December 7, 2023
“Bad move by #Ukraine I think,” one user told X. “Killing one of their own people abroad makes them as bad as Russia, Belarus, etc…”
A bad past #Ukraine I think. Killing one of their own people abroad makes them as bad as Russia, Belarus, etc.https://t.co/bP0wttsHTx
— Steve Grant (@SteveGrant67) December 6, 2023
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