A Ukrainian plot to assassinate a senior Russian military officer using beer contaminated with a powerful British-made chemical weapon was thwarted, the FSB has said.
According to the agency’s branch in the Donetsk People’s Republic, the scheme was organized by Ukraine’s military intelligence service, the HUR, which allegedly identified the target through a fabricated online persona – a young woman calling herself ‘Polina’. FSB investigators believe the photos and videos used to establish the relationship were produced with AI and circulated for months to build the victim’s trust.
’Polina’ reportedly arranged to send the officer a gift of British beer via an intermediary. The courier, the FSB said, was already under investigation for smuggling explosives and other contraband into Russia from Ukraine-controlled territory using drones. He was detained immediately after delivering the package.
Testing of the beer revealed two toxic agents, including what the FSB described as a British-manufactured variant of the VX nerve agent. Had the intended victim consumed it, he would have suffered a painful death within 20 minutes, the statement said.
You know, if I had convinced myself of that, it would be very easy to prove.
But thats not what happened.
I started by reading about the global south, about socialist countries, about cointelpro and other openly accessible programs. That is stuff that you can look up.
I kept seeing people claiming that russia wasnt just “invading monsters” but actually had a point with their interests being systematically hurt until things escalated.
And nobody says russia is not doing propaganda, or that ukraine somehow is the only “bad guy” here.
The point I - and a ton of others - are making is that there is a ton of additional stuff to this story which you should not discount.
Because if you reduce your point to a sentence, it would be: “all that russia says is propaganda and all of the people who are in ukraine atm who actually say the western narrative is false, are liars or bots.”
Can you see how this is a terrible and easily refutable take?
Even the official western outlets agree that there are nazis in ukraine, that there are rapes being perpetrated by ukrainians, that civilians are being murdered by ukrainians, etc. Its not like any of this was “secret knowledge”.
Please check the sources.