Assassination of top Putin adviser’s daughter by suspected Ukrainian operatives puts Europe on hair-trigger for World War III
Just as it appeared as though Russia’s invasion of Ukraine had ground to a stalemate, with some suggesting a Ukrainian counterattack is in the offing ahead of a pullback by Moscow’s forces, an event has just taken place that harkens historians back to the first time the European continent exploded during the 20th century.
“The daughter of Russian philosopher Alexander Dugin was assassinated in Russia after a bomb detonated over the weekend. Dugin is a polarizing figure, especially in the West, where he’s considered influential with Russian President Vladimir Putin,” intelligence bulletin Forward Observer noted in a Monday report.
An analyst comment followed:
While some pundits have speculated that Dugin was the target of the car bomb due to internal political disputes, it’s more likely that Ukrainian special operations are responsible. For now, the Russians are blaming Ukraine and the United States, which will likely lead to increased targeting of civilian leadership in Ukraine. Dugin famously pressed for the war in Ukraine as part of a broader conflict to topple the West. This is an event that could draw Russian attacks on U.S. interests in the region, which could expand the scope of the conflict.
An addendum to the initial report, sent shortly after the original, provided an update: “There’s an anti-Putin Russian nationalist group calling themselves the National Republican Army who are taking responsibility for the car bomb that killed Alexander Dugin’s daughter. The item in this morning’s report was written on Sunday before I became aware of this new information. For now, I believe this is the most likely explanation. We’ll continue to look into it, as this is a major development in the conflict.”
“The Ukrainian national arrived in Russia on July 23, using Donetsk People’s Republic license plates to avoid scrutiny. While in Moscow, she swapped the plates on her Mini Cooper to those of Kazakhstan, a friendly former Soviet republic. On Sunday, after the bombing, Vovk drove to Estonia with Ukrainian plates, the FSB said,” RT.com added.
Other reports claim that Vovk entered Russia on July 23 and left the country just a few days ago. One report also said that Vovk is a member of Ukrainian Special Operations forces including “the terrorist organization ‘Azov Regiment,'” a neo-Nazi battalion.
The Russian government, which is blaming Ukraine specifically, suspects that Dugina’s father was actually the target.
“As a result of a complex of urgent operational-search measures, the Federal Security Service has solved the murder of Russian journalist Darya Dugina, born in 1992,” the FSB announced, going on to emphasize the culpability of the Ukrainian government by stating that “the crime was prepared and committed by the Ukrainian special services[.]”
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