Ukrainian Banker Offers Money for Drone Horror in Russia

Days before a stopped working drone assassination targeting Putin, Ukrainian banking baron Volodymyr Yatsenko offered a $500,000 bounty to any weapons maker able to land a drone in Red Square during Moscow’s upcoming Triumph Day parade.

By Alexander RUBINSTEIN

On April 23, a Ukrainian drone loaded with 30 Canadian-made C4 dynamite obstructs crashed near Rudnevo Industrial Park in Moscow. Ukraine-based operators released the 37 LB toolbox in a stopped working bid to assassinate Russian President Vladimir Putin, who was scheduled to check out Rudnevo that day.

The drone eventually stopped working to strike its target, crashing approximately 12 miles from its designated location. Russian mediareported authorities discovered 3 comparable unmanned airplanes in the surrounding location. By the time the Canadian-manufactured bombs shown up in Moscow, the federal government in Ottawa had actually supplied Kiev with almost 6 billion dollars worth of aid to support Ukraine’s fight versus Russia’s military.

A Ukrainian UJ-22 airborne drone stuffed with explosives fell in the Moscow region. pic.twitter.com/ORTyyM4Edx– Spriter (@Spriter99880)April 24, 2023 The

Ukrainian UJ-22 drone’s flight originated in the country

‘s Kharkov area. Yuriy Romanenko, co-founder of a think tank with close ties to Kiev’s intelligence services, credited Ukraine ‘s Secret Service (SBU )with managing the assassination effort. Romanenko composed on Twitter:” Last week, our intelligence officers got details about Putin’s trip to the commercial park in Rudnevo … Accordingly, ours introduced a kamikaze drone, which flew through all the air defenses of the Russian Federation, and fell not far from the commercial park. “Путин, мы все ближе Все видели новость о дроне который долетел

до Москвы, но не взорвался? Так-вот, дрон этот летел не просто так. На прошлой неделе наши разведчики получили информацию о поездке путина в индустриальный парк в Руднево. Удалось даже заполучить карту поездки по …  pic.twitter.com/F2u8kClhPO– Yuriy Romanenko(@shan_yan)April 24, 2023″Putin, we are getting more detailed,”Romanenko warned. The drone was bring m112 explosive charges, which are utilized by several states consisting of Canada, the United States, and

the United Kingdom. According to Russian media, the dynamites recuperated from the botched attack were of Canadian origin. The failed attempt on Putin’s life came amidst a wave of drone attacks into Russian airspace in recent months.

A day after the unsuccessful April 23 offensive, the Russian outlet SHOT taped 10 drone attacks in the Belgorod border area, a few of that included French LU-213 fragmentation grenades and American-made Switchblade drones. The Switchblade has actually been utilized inprevious air assaults on the region as well. The uptick in drone attacks inside Russian area followed Kiev’s July 2022 launch of an” Army of Drones “project, a main effort to raise funds, dubbed”dro-nations,”to assist Ukraine’s procurement of foreign-produced, unmanned aircrafts. Screenshot from Ukrainian World Congress website advising visitors to “dronate “to their cause The fundraising push, which counts the Western-backed online giant farm, NAFO, and the Ukrainian World Congress as official partners, has employed well known Star Wars star Mark Hamill, as its top brand ambassador. Star Wars actor Mark Hamill poses as

the official face of Ukraine’s”Army of Drones”charity event” Honored to be an Ambassador for the Army of Drones and to assist President Zelenskyy and the people of Ukraine in any method possible,”Hamill tweeted in September 2022, connecting a photo of himself on a video call with Ukraine’s president. Honored to be an Ambassador for the Army of Drones and to assist President Zelenskyy and individuals of Ukraine in any method possible @ZelenskyyUA @U24_gov_ua  pic.twitter.com/1JafSR7Nny– Mark Hamill(@MarkHamill)September 29, 2022 The covert nature of Ukrainian drone attacks inside Russian territory makes them hard to tally on a reliable basis. A reporter for the British state-funded BBC pressed a Kiev official to provide such information to no obtain while participating in a”a training session for Ukraine’s most current group of drone pilots in a

secret place on the outskirts of Kyiv.”The BBC filed its dispatch from the

heart of Ukraine’s “Army of Drones “on April 25, simply

2 days after the alleged SBU-directed aerial assassination effort on Russia’s president. Leading Kiev’s”dro-nation”campaign is Ukraine’s Minister for Digital Change, Mykhailo Fedorov, who”makes no attempt to hide the lethal nature of these drones designed to smash into targets like soldiers or tanks,”according to the BBC.”But like the rest of his federal government,”the BBC continued,”he declines to speak about recent drone strikes on Russian area.” Non-governmental actors, however, are not so tight-lipped. In fact, Ukrainian television kicked-off a private initiative to motivate future drone attacks on Russian area just days before the

April 23 aerial attempt on Putin’s life. Accused Ukrainian embezzler offers bounty for drone horror inside Russia On April 6, Ukrainian finance and weapon’s industry tycoon, Volodymyr Yatsenko, appeared on the Kiev-based TSN network and provided a cash prize worth approximately $ 549,000 USD to any national weapons producer that manages to land a drone inside Moscow’s Red Square throughout Russia’s upcoming Triumph Day event. Russia’s annual Victory Day ceremony marks the anniversary of Nazi Germany’s 1945 surrender to the Soviet Red Army. Each May 9, countless Russian citizens participate in marches throughout the country to honor their nation’s accomplishment

over fascism. In Moscow, citizens and federal government authorities gather in Red Square to

view musical performances by Russia’s nationwide army band and a flamboyant parade of the country’s troops and military hardware. The event usually includes speeches from the Russian president and Leader of Russia’s Armed Forces as well. Moscow announced the cancellation of Success Day parades in its border area this April, following a rise of drone activity in the territory throughout the very first

months of this year. On Might 2, The Guardian minimized risks of Ukrainian terrorist violence in Russia, stating that while a”Ukrainian drone attack on Red Square throughout the Success Day military parade would be embarrassing for Putin,”his federal government was not aborting Success Day marches”out of concern for public security,” but due to a” paranoid fixation”that people might hijack the rallies to make statements about the present war. The Guardian used no proof to support its representation of Putin as an illogical actor. What’s more, the center-left British paper ignored to mention Ukraine’s

“Army of Drones”project, or the reality that Yatsenko, an effective Ukrainian oligarch, is offering a cash prize for an aerial attack on the Red Square occasion. Characterizing the upcoming the Red Square

celebration as a”very genuine “military target throughout his April 6 interview with TSN, Yatsenko revealed that his own weapons business, Dovbush, is currently”warming up “for the occasion. He proceeded to credit Dovbush with operating a drone found near a railway in New Moscow on March 28. At the time, Ukrainian media reported the drone was inscribed with Kiev’s Nazi-era battlecry,” Splendor to Ukraine.” Ukrainian financing and weapons magnate Volodymyr Yatsenko proudly claims credit for running a drone found in New Moscow, Russia this March Explaining the March flight as trial run for Triumph Day, Yatsenko insisted that if Dovbush effectively lands a drone in Red Square on May 9,” according to the law, I will not pay the reward to myself.”Issues that Yatsenko may not stick to domestic monetary guidelines within “the most corrupt nation in Europe “were not unwarranted. The banking magnate developed his career working for Privatbank, a Ukrainian financial institution established in the consequences of the Soviet Union’s 1991 collapse. Ukraine’s post-Maidan government nationalized the bank in 2016, after$5.5 billion inexplicably disappeared from its coffers.

A financial investment banker later on implicated Yatsenko of managing the withdrawal, informing the US-backed Radio Free Europe outlet he was “very essential in matters related to the nationalization of Privatbank, as he headed the instructions of business loaning.”The source, Serhii Fursa, charged Yatsenko with funneling the money to Privatbank’s owners, particularly Ukrainian oligarch Igor Kolomoisky:

the notorious patron of both President Zelensky and the neo-Nazi Azov Battalion. “In the early morning, ordinary Ukrainians brought money to Privatbank, and at night, Igor Kolomoisky utilized that same money to consume champagne in Geneva,”Fursa said.”Yatsenko was responsible for ensuring that this depositors’money went to Kolomoisky.”Ukraine’s National Anti-Corruption Bureau later on declared that Yatensko withdrew”the majority of the funds from the bank on the eve of its nationalization”in 2016, which he then moved to his wife and child. Among the properties moved to his child, Hanna, were those coming from a farming business that owned”23 realty items, 500 land plots and 17 vehicles.”In February 2021, a charter flight bring Yatsenko was”reversed and required to land” over Ukraine while en route to Vienna. Ukrainian authorities without delay apprehended Yatsenko on charges of embezzlement and misappropriation coming from his role at Privatbank. The workplace of Ukraine’s anti-corruption prosecutor is scheduled to proceed with his case this September. While revealing his competitors for a drone attack on Moscow’s upcoming Might 9 Victory Day parade, Yatsenko stated the winning airplane should not only land in Red Square, but be identifiable as Ukrainian.” It should have Ukrainian mottos like’Splendor to Ukraine,'”the banking magnet firmly insisted, invoking Kiev’s Nazi slogan.”Let’s develop a’ vacation’for them,” Yatsenko concluded, raising his hands to stress the

word”vacation”with air quotes. Oligarch Volodymyr Yatsenko utilizes air quotes to emphasize Ukrainian drone makers shouldmake a” holiday “for Russians throughout upcoming Might 9 Triumph Day celebrations The Soviet success in WWII, known as The Excellent Patriotic War in Russia, stays a source of national pride in the country to this day. The Western-backed federal government in Kiev, meanwhile, has integrated neo-Nazi battalions into its military and venerated Ukraine’s WWII-era Nazi partners with official state honors. As the prospects of Kiev’s victory against Moscow on the battlefield subsides, its elite are openly promoting a method of aerial terrorism inside the Russian Federation. An event marking the defeat of Nazi Germany is maybe their most natural target. thegrayzone.com