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The CIA has assessed Ukraine was not targeting a residence used by Russian President Vladimir Putin in a recent drone attack in the north of his country, according to US officials, undercutting an assertion the Russian leader had made to President Donald Trump in a Monday phone call.

The CIA’s director John Ratcliffe briefed Trump on the assessment Wednesday, the officials said.

Sources said Ratcliffe later briefed Trump that the CIA did not believe it was true. And on Wednesday, Trump appeared to have adopted a more skeptical posture toward posting, posting a link to a New York Post editorial on Truth Social with the headline, “Putin ‘attack’ bluster shows Russia is the one standing in the way of peace.” The Post’s editorial board noted it was “rich that Putin, who has waged a brutal war for nearly four years, believes that any violence in his vicinity merits special outrage” and asserted that “Any attack on Putin is more than justified.”

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[–] TigerAce@lemmy.dbzer0.com 28 points 1 hour ago* (last edited 1 hour ago) (3 children)

So what if they targeted him? He's a war criminal, a legitimate target.

[–] pmk@piefed.ca 16 points 1 hour ago* (last edited 1 hour ago) (1 children)

It matters if future security guarantees are conditional on Ukraine not attacking Russia. If Russia can claim they were attacked without any fact checking now, they might do the same in the future when it matters more. Showing Russia that their claims are not automatically believed is positioning for the future.

[–] logicbomb@lemmy.world 4 points 1 hour ago

In countries where the military is aggressively attacking non-combatants in other countries, their war criminal leaders are the most legitimate targets imaginable.

Life isn't exactly like chess, in that in life, it's not always enough to eliminate the king. But, if you keep eliminating king after king until somebody reasonable assumes control, it seems like the least bloody way to end conflict.

[–] atzanteol@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 hour ago

Soldiers are killed on the battlefield. Kings are ransomed.

[–] DrFistington@lemmy.world 11 points 1 hour ago

No shit. If Ukraine were going to do, they'd still be trying to dig putins corpse out of a pile of rubble

[–] Asfalttikyntaja@sopuli.xyz 4 points 1 hour ago

Russians are lying? Who would have guessed?

[–] homes@piefed.world 27 points 2 hours ago

Regardless, you can count on Trump to repeat whatever Putin tells him to say.

[–] Alaik@lemmy.zip 2 points 44 minutes ago

5 people fired at the CIA in 10.... 9...

[–] ArgumentativeMonotheist@lemmy.world 2 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

Well, if the CIA says it...

[–] atzanteol@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 hour ago

It's a Russian friendly source, so may be believable.

[–] vegeta@lemmy.world -1 points 2 hours ago