The drone attack on #Russia's shadow fleet tanker #Qendil in the #Mediterranean off Malta has made quite some head lines, as it was the first action of this kind by #Ukraine in this region.
If rumors are true that a certain General #Averyanov was on board are true, this strike gets a whole different dimension. That guy was #Putin's violent fixer and had taken over the role of #Prigoshin. Still #Russia could not save him from a drone strike. You reap what you sow.
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Czechia places Russian GRU general linked to ammunition depot blasts on wanted list
The country’s investigators believe that #Averyanov coordinated the supposed #Russian #sabotage operation in 2014 that led to ammunition depot explosions in the eastern Czech town of #Vrbetice, killing two people and causing damages in tens of millions of dollars.
The country's investigators believe that Andrey Averyanov coordinated the supposed Russian sabotage operation in 2014 that led to ammunition depot blasts in the eastern Czech town of Vrbetice, killing two people and causing damages in tens of millions of dollars.
“#Averyanov’s elevation may have coincided with #Prigozhin’s loss of altitude but it far surpasses the heights ever attained by the slain #Wagner chief. He is now deputy chief of the #GRU and Putin’s confidant overseeing military and hybrid operations in #Africa, East Asia and the Middle East. One of those continents has experienced a series of violent putsches, completed or abortive, in #Mali, #Niger, #BurkinaFaso and #Chad resulting in pro-Russian juntas …”
In November 2011, GRU Unit 29155 blew up an ammunition depot in Lovnidol, Bulgaria, containing artillery destined for Georgia. It was the first known terror attack perpetrated by the team of hitmen and saboteurs who would later poison Sergei and Yulia Skripal in England, a Bulgarian arms dealer in Sofia, and blow up a host of other storage facilities and buildings across NATO territories. These operations killed or wounded dozens of civilians and led to the expulsion of Russian diplomats. But now The Insider has obtained travel records and leaked correspondence from members of Unit 29155 that points to their culpability in the inaugural attack in Bulgaria – and partly answers the question of why so many of these operatives have all gone on to occupy high-profile political positions in Vladimir Putin’s Russia.
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