r/worldnews • u/TheTelegraph The Telegraph • Sep 04 '26

Russia/Ukraine Russian general who ‘ordered attack on children’s hospital’ shot in head

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2026/09/03/russian-general-attack-childrens-hospital-shot-ukraine/?WT.mc_id=tmgoff_reddit_attack-childrens-hospital-shot-ukraine/&accesscontrol=facebookchannel_open
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u/androk Sep 04 '26

Sounds more like a Ukrainian thing, taking out the trash, rather than a Putin thing, he's getting to be a threat to me.

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u/Karman4o Sep 04 '26

Could just as likely be an FSB thing. An 'inconvenient' loyal guy is just as much a liability as an enemy or a traitor for them.

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u/GrowthMarketingMike Sep 04 '26

Or could just be a Russian that he bragged to at a bar or something. As much as it makes sense to demonize Russia throughout this, it's not like they have zero civilians or even military members without a conscious. It would be the honor of my life to do something like this and I'd have to think there's at least a few people with that mindset in Russia.

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u/titterbug Sep 04 '26

It's possible - the Russians acted pretty quick when certain war crimes came to light, like a few of the people filming themselves committing crimes against humanity while in uniform - but at this point, there have been so many attacks on hospitals, stores, and religious sites compared to the number of generals shot that the link does not seem strong.

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u/GrowthMarketingMike Sep 04 '26

eh, sample size of 1 and just glad this person is dead if they did what they are reported to have.

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u/Antique-Campaign-738 Sep 04 '26

Ukrainian justice.

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u/androk Sep 04 '26

The only kind that is left for them