Ukrainian secret service agents attempted to assassinate Vladimir Putin with a kamikaze drone loaded with explosives, but their top-secret mission failed after the UAV crashed several miles short of their target, it is alleged.
Ukrainian armed forces allegedly launched the UJ-22 drone, loaded with 17 kilograms of C4 plastic explosives, from Ukraine on Sunday with the aim of reaching a newly built industrial site near Moscow where Putin is said to be visiting, the German military said. newspaper Image claims.
But before the deadly drone reached the Rudnevo Industrial Park on its apparent mission to assassinate the Russian despot, it crashed just miles from the location, Bild claimed while citing a tweet from Ukrainian activist Yuriy Romanenko.
Romanenko, who claims close ties to Kiev’s intelligence services, claimed Ukrainian secret service agents had received “information” about Putin’s apparent trip to the industrial estate and decided to launch the deadly drone in an attempt to assassinate the president.
He claimed that the kamikaze drone that crashed in the village of Voroskogo, 20 kilometers east of the Rudnevo industrial park, was the one launched by Ukrainian forces as part of the assassination plot.
Ukrainian armed forces reportedly launched the UJ-22 drone, loaded with 17 kilograms of explosives, from Ukraine on Sunday, Bild claims. Pictured: A Ukrainian drone that crashed near the village of Voroskogo
Yuriy Romanenko claimed that the UJ-22 drone loaded with 17 kilograms of C4 plastic explosives that crashed in the village of Voroskogo, 20 kilometers east of the Rudnevo industrial park, was the one launched by Ukrainian forces as part of the assassination plot
The UJ-22 drone packed with 17 kilograms of C4 plastic explosives =
Ukrainian secret service agents tried to assassinate Vladimir Putin with a kamikaze drone loaded with explosives, it is alleged
In a tweet quoted by Bild, Romanenko said: “Putin, we are getting closer. Has everyone seen the news about the drone that flew to Moscow, but did not explode? So this drone flew for a reason.
“Last week, our intelligence officers received information about Putin’s trip to the Rudnevo industrial estate. Then our kamikaze drone took off, flew through all the air defenses of the Russian Federation and crashed not far from the industrial area.’
A UJ-22 drone, with a range of 500 miles, crashed near the village of Vorokogo on Sunday, with images on social media sites including Telegram showing the destroyed UAV in a forest near Moscow .
The drone was loaded with 30 C4 17-kilogram plastic explosive blocks, commonly used by the US military.
Bild, citing Romanenko, claims the drone would crash into the Rudnevo industrial estate and kill Putin, who was reportedly expected at the site on Sunday.
Putin propagandist Paval Zarubin said on Sunday morning that Putin planned to “visit an industrial park in Moscow” without citing a timing.
Videos posted on social media showed that the lawn in front of the Rudnevo industrial park had been sprayed green. It was said that this was in preparation for Putin’s arrival.
But Russian state media said Putin would visit Rudnevo industrial park today and hold a meeting on the development of unmanned aircraft systems.
news agency TASS said the Russian despot would watch the systems being developed. There was no mention of the drone incident in the state media report.
Bild, however, cited Romanenko as claiming an assassination attempt had been made.
He said, “Given how much Putin is obsessed with his own security, this story could have huge implications for the Kremlin towers.”
The UJ-22 drone carrying 17 kilograms of C4 plastic explosives crashed in Voroskogo village on Sunday
The UJ-22 drone was packed with 17 kilograms of C4 plastic explosives. It is alleged that the drone was intended to assassinate Putin
And Ukraine expert Sergey Sumlenny told the newspaper: “It is clear that a precision attack on the Russian head of state with a kamikaze drone is an almost impossible action.
“But the mere fact that such a drone would reach a place where Putin intends to stay is a slap in the face to the Russian dictator.”
Putin has been said to fear assassination since his invasion of Ukraine, after heat teams were sent to Ukraine to take out President Zelensky in the early days of the conflict.
Putin has previously claimed to have escaped numerous assassination attempts.
In 2017, Putin told filmmaker Oliver Stone that there had been five assassination attempts against him — and the only reason he’s still alive is because he’s personally concerned with his own safety.
“I do my job and the security guards do theirs and they are still performing quite successfully,” Putin said in the documentary “The Putin Interviews.”
Putin is said to be traveling with his own sniper squad, whose role is to locate and kill any shooters before they are able to pull the trigger on Putin.
In 2012, a former public schoolboy in Britain was arrested in the Ukrainian port city of Odessa in connection with a foiled plot to assassinate Putin.
Adam Osmayev, who comes from a prominent Chechen family opposed to Putin, was seized by special forces in Odessa and reportedly confessed that he wanted to travel to Moscow to assassinate Putin, then a presidential candidate, by bombing his motorcade.
Those close to Putin have said he is incredibly paranoid about his safety and constantly fears he will be assassinated.
The Russian despot even set up identical offices about Russia to confuse killers with another sign that the despot is paranoid about his safety, a Russian intelligence officer who fled the country over the war in Ukraine said earlier this month.
Putin designed offices in his luxury mansions in St Petersburg, Sochi and Novo-Ogaryovo to look the same, said Gleb Karakulov, an officer in the Kremlin leader’s elite secret personal security service.
The rooms are identical, with matching details like desk and wall hangings, and official reports sometimes say he’s in one place when he’s actually in another.
Putin spoke with Andrey Kostin in his office in Novo-Ogaryovo in 2017
This confirmed previous media reports from Russian outlet Proekt Media, which showed that Putin’s office in the Black Sea resort of Sochi and his residence in Novo-Ogaryovo near Moscow were identical. The Kremlin had released photos of his encounter claiming that he was in Novo-Ogaryovo in 2020 when in fact he was in Sochi (pictured)
When Putin was in the Black Sea resort of Sochi, security officials pretended to leave and deploy a plane and motorcade when in fact he was still in the city, the defector revealed.
“This is firstly a ruse to confuse foreign intelligence services and secondly to prevent attempts on his life,” Karakulov told the press. File centera Russian investigative journalism project.
This confirmed previous reports from the Russian outlet Tastes Media that showed how Putin’s office in Sochi and his residence in Novo-Ogaryovo near Moscow were identical. The Kremlin had released photos of his meeting, claiming he was in Novo-Ogaryovo when in fact he was in Sochi.
Karakulov portrayed Putin as an increasingly isolated leader living in an “information vacuum” in heavily guarded residences, which he called “bunkers.”
The Russian president refuses to use a cell phone for fear of being overheard by the West and prefers to travel by special armored train because he is paranoid if a plane can be tracked, Karakulov said. He added that Putin is “terrified” of Covid and is in isolation for the fourth year.
“He’s just scared,” Karakulov said. He has cut himself off from the world. His view of reality has become distorted.’
He said Putin’s paranoia has deepened since he invaded Ukraine, describing how last October the despot ordered a bunker set up at the Russian embassy in Kazakhstan and secured it with a secure communication line.
“It’s a kind of paranoia,” Karakulov said. “He’s pathologically afraid for his life.”
In March last year, a former British army chief said that NATO and Western allies should not rule out the possibility of assassinating Putin.
Colonel Richard Kemp said that Putin represents a “permanent and deadly threat” and that killing him may be “unpleasant” to some, but could help save thousands of lives.
Putin doesn’t just have to worry about being killed by people abroad – there are anti-war movements in Russia working to destabilize his regime.
Some groups use guerrilla tactics to launch explosive attacks on Russian military sites or assassinate pro-Putin figures.
Some groups use guerrilla tactics to launch explosive attacks on Russian military sites or assassinate pro-Putin figures.