Ukraine staged the death of a high-ranked Russian fighting on Kyiv's side to prevent him being killed on Moscow's orders and lure out those involved in the plot, Ukrainian military intelligence announced on Thursday. The GUR military intelligence unit said the ruse even netted the $500,000 Russian reward for the "killing" of Denis Kapustin " also known as Denis Nikitin " leader of the Russian Volunteer Corps and "Timur Special Unit", which had announced on Saturday that Kapustin was killed on the frontline. On Thursday, Kapustin appeared via video link at a briefing with the head of Ukrainian military intelligence, Kyrylo Budanov. His assassination, the GUR and Timur unit said, "was ordered by the special services of the aggressor state Russia, which allocated half a million dollars to carry out the crime
Donald Trump welcomed 2026 with a glitzy bash at his Mar-a-Lago club in Palm Beach where he auctioned off a freshly painted portrait of Jesus Christ for $2.75m and said his new year's resolution was a wish for "peace on Earth".
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When is stinky going to do something about the righty incels shooting up American schools?