pkt on Nostr: Here's another good example of Ukrainians being pragmatic: ...
Here's another good example of Ukrainians being pragmatic: https://kyivinsider.com/russias-largest-cities-rocked-by-wave-of-coordinated-arson-and-explosions/
Nothing has been admitted officially AFAIK. But it looks like Ukrainian intelligence is defrauding, coercing, blackmailing, and straight up paying Russians on a large scale into committing acts of arson and sabotage, mostly against "civilian" targets.
Is that "clean" and "ethical"? Meh. It's effective. If you can defraud or coerce a desperately poor Russian pensioner into setting a business on fire and causing $100k of damage, that probably translates into something like $20k less tax revenue for the Russian government from the business, and wasting another $20k of government money on a trial and imprisonment. $40k less going to war is probably in the ballpark of what it would take to prevent one Ukrainian casualty.
Nothing has been admitted officially AFAIK. But it looks like Ukrainian intelligence is defrauding, coercing, blackmailing, and straight up paying Russians on a large scale into committing acts of arson and sabotage, mostly against "civilian" targets.
Is that "clean" and "ethical"? Meh. It's effective. If you can defraud or coerce a desperately poor Russian pensioner into setting a business on fire and causing $100k of damage, that probably translates into something like $20k less tax revenue for the Russian government from the business, and wasting another $20k of government money on a trial and imprisonment. $40k less going to war is probably in the ballpark of what it would take to prevent one Ukrainian casualty.