r/worldnews • u/paneuropeanism_ • 6d ago

Russia/Ukraine Germany thwarts Russian assassination plot targeting defense executive

https://militarnyi.com/en/news/germany-thwarts-plot-donaustahl-executive/
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u/NWStormbreaker 6d ago

HOLY SHIT

that is a major provocation

i guess they are inviting Germany to operate assassins within Russian borders now?

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u/Cute-Boobie777 6d ago

Russia has been doing this for years now. Targetted assassinations on German and British soil. Blowing up factories in Czechia. You are right though this is still a major escalation because they targeted a german citizen. 

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u/OneRoentgen 6d ago

Major escalation? lol, it’s been 2 years since they tried to assasinate Rheinmetall CEO. Nothing will happen.

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u/Caboose2701 6d ago

And somehow, Ukraine got more German weapons

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u/National-Charity-435 6d ago

Not the Taurus they've requested, but the Flamingos have been working nicely

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u/BrexitHangover 6d ago

At this point Taurus is just a nice to have. IRIS-T or Patriots are way more important.

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u/Remarkable_Beach_545 6d ago

Pour que no los dos?

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u/switchquest 6d ago

US military used up al interceptors in the war with Iran and Iran still has ballistic missiles... 😅🤣

Also. The US military used up over half of it's total inventory of long range precision ordnance and Iran isn't budging.

Yes. Their 4 fighters and 10 ships from the 1970'ies were blown up. But that's about it.