Ukraine staged the death of an anti-Kremlin Russian fighter to prevent his killing ordered by Moscow’s special forces, Ukrainian military intelligence announced on Thursday.
Denis Kapustin, leader of the Russian Volunteer Corps that had carried out cross-border raids into Russia during Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine, was killed on the front line, his group declared on Saturday.
But on Thursday Kapustin – also known as Denis Nikitin – appeared via video link at a briefing with the head of Ukrainian...
Ukraine says it faked death of anti-Kremlin Russian fighter Kapustin
Published 4 hours ago
Source: scmp.com

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