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jmbar2

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Thu Jan 1, 2026, 11:47 AM 8 hrs ago

Ukraine brilliantly owns Putin. Fakes death of leader to collect $500,000 Russian bounty.

Just audacious...




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Ukraine brilliantly owns Putin. Fakes death of leader to collect $500,000 Russian bounty. (Original Post) jmbar2 8 hrs ago OP
Do not mess with Ukraine. tanyev 8 hrs ago #1
Good job! Bayard 6 hrs ago #2
Full text for those who don't want to click through to Twitter: Emrys 4 hrs ago #3

Emrys

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3. Full text for those who don't want to click through to Twitter:
Thu Jan 1, 2026, 03:45 PM
4 hrs ago
Jürgen Nauditt 🇩🇪🇺🇦
@jurgen_nauditt

Thanks, Russia. 😂😂😂😂😂

You won't believe this.

On December 27, 2025, numerous media outlets—Ukrainian, Russian, and international sources (e.g., Wikipedia, Euromaidan Press, Kyiv Independent, Russian propaganda channels)—reported the death of the commander of the Russian Volunteer Corps (RDK), Denis Kapustin (also known as Denis Nikitin or White Rex). He was reportedly killed in combat in the Zaporizhzhia region by a Russian FPV drone attack. The RDK itself initially confirmed this in an official statement.

Today, the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ukrainian Ministry of Defense (GUR) released a video in which Kyrylo Budanov (head of the GUR) personally greets Denis Kapustin with the words, "Congratulations on your return!" and congratulates him and the GUR team.

According to the official statement from the GUR (Ukrainian Special Forces), this was a planned disinformation operation, prepared over a month in advance:

- Russian special services had offered a reward of $500,000 for the assassination of Kapustin (Kapustin is considered a terrorist in Russia and has been sentenced to life imprisonment multiple times in absentia).

- The GUR team (under the command of "Timur" ) successfully deceived the Russians, staged the assassination, and collected the money. 😂😂😂

- Kapustin is alive, safe in Ukraine, and preparing for further operations.

- The identities of the Russian masterminds and executors were revealed.

Budanov praised the operation as a complete success: The Russian services were "fooled," and the money received will now be used to strengthen Ukrainian special forces.
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