Car bomb attack in Moscow appears to target Russian intelligence officer | Mark Galeotti

A car bombing in Moscow appeared to target a Russian intelligence officer but Russian sources claim the man injured was a victim of mistaken identity, Mark Galeotti gives #timesradio the latest.
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[@3252fly]

Comrade!!! == Remember when a door closes on you in Russia.= A window always opens!!!

[@dpelpal]

😂😂😂😂

[@4TheRecord]

In Soviet russia, you don't fall through the window, the window falls through you.

[@ГеннадийСеднев-м3щ]

Мы это знаем и всегда сторожим с дубиной

[@ehudkirsh766]

How did you make this heart ♥ plus ➕ emoji?

[@Mossyz.]

@@ehudkirsh766

[@K1lostream]

Oh well that’s easy - If Russia says Ukraine did it, it means they did it themselves. If Ukraine had done it, they’d have said it was an accident.

[@ЯрославЛ-ф1ж]

The bomber literally admitted to working for ukraine.

[@K1lostream]

@@ЯрославЛ-ф1ж Ah! Case closed, then.

[@marhanen]

@@ЯрославЛ-ф1ж Yes, cause everything Russia says is always correct

[@prjndigo]

What people don't understand about the ferry that was heavily damaged is that it can carry 50 standard tank cars loaded with 70 tons of oil each. Literally 3500 tons of processed fuel per trip. Like four million liters of fuel each crossing.

[@jocko4598]

Special Parking Meter Operation

[@heatrayzvideo3007]

😂😂🇺🇦🇺🇦

[@Sevenmountainisevil]

In Russia parking meter gets you

[@aleckerby1236]

He allways wanted roller skate feet from the beginning...

[@A._is_for]

No more parking on the bike lane for you! 😂

[@gregorydesleskine3413]

Another mysterious death in Russia. Well-known Russian economist and researcher of Socio-Economic Development Institutions Valentina Bondarenko “falls from window and dies”. Bondarenko was 82-years old but continued forcasting and modeling socio-economic trends in Russia. As always, Russia is “investigating and establishing the reason”.

[@war-painter]

Reporting that russia was economically heading for its demise last week may have been the reason for Bondarenko’s flight.

[@VladimirPutin-p3t]

​@@war-painterat least she got to keep her feet.

[@dpelpal]

My god russia is a total mess. First rampant inflation and now car bombings, on top of losing to Ukraine. It is tough here in Russia, I live Samara

[@dpelpal]

@Bootsa909 First you say Lavrov said "Kyiv in 3 days". Now you admit Putin said it, but that he didn't scream it? Give me a break lol

[@Lenser]

@@dpelpal Still calling it an operation despite being a full out war. Putin though his "operation" would last only a few days

[@BarryBull-mv5no]

I don't believe for minute you are inside russia .. ur just propagandist from somewere but defo not inside russia

[@govinda102000]

I feel bad for the Russians who would rather not see the return of breadlines.

[@dpelpal]

​@@govinda102000It is not good in russia. But reality it never was😢

[@hansleijonmarck9768]

If all lines-of-supply to Crimea are cut Ukraine just have to wait to it running out of resources to sustain a military defense. Just by cutting the supply is a symbolic action pointing to the coming liberation of Crimea. This has huge moral boosting consequences for Ukrainian opinion.

[@garywinter6149]

No morals in Ukraine now.n

[@kw8757]

This "intelligence" officer won't be going toe-to-toe with the Ukrainians ever again.

[@tedcrilly46]

In the recovery ward theyre watching foot-loose.

[@deewhite3764]

Thats not even funny

[@deewhite3764]

​@@tedcrilly46your sick in your comment do you have any compassion towards victims

[@dpelpal]

@@deewhite3764 Why do russian live so poorly compared to neighbors?

[@foilhat1138]

@@deewhite3764 He isn't the victim, he is an officer of an invading army. Russia can go home if they are tired of being targeted.

[@gee3883]

UPDATE . He's been named ,General Avin Feetov.

[@VladimirPutin-p3t]

And of course his friends know him as Neal.

[@user-otzlixr]

@@VladimirPutin-p3tfuck that’s funny.

[@brianchandler1365]

I heard it was Iver bollokoff😂

[@captainhadd0ck]

Putler: "Everything is going according to plan!"

[@bmunson4920]

Haven’t heard that for around two years!

[@pmottonen]

@@bmunson4920 Hello vatnik. I hope you know whats coming to you soon enough.

[@Tom-fo5ce]

Calling him Putler is very disrespectful - you call him President Putler!

[@evatripp7788]

Doesn't deserve to be president . How about prisoner putler ?😅 ​@Tom-fo5ce

[@VladimirPutin-p3t]

Sounds like it's becoming another Five Year Plan.

[@tellyboy17]

Budanov had warned there would be consequences for the poisoning attack on him and his wife.

[@Stobb0]

In other words, thanks to the crimlin’s denial we know it WAS a high ranking military/intelligence officer at it WASN’T just someone with the same name…🤔

[@nigelmorley5414]

exactly, always believe the opposite of the the Kremlin say

[@larsrons7937]

Correct. If Kriminalin denies it we know it's true.

[@rgsnr8702]

the problem is with dictators like putin you never know if it is resistance fighters or putin's elimination squads

[@Cruzeoc101]

Ahh that explains the assassination attempt on Trump, it was the dictator biden and the Democrats who set it up

[@chrissmith-wq6gr]

Russian intelligence ? This has to be a joke 😂😂😂😂

[@lestermarshall6501]

that means he can walk and chew gum at the same time. Well, he used to be able to. Guess he can still chew gum, at least for now.

[@sjsomething4936]

I hate to give Russia credit for this, but unfortunately their intelligence services are pretty good in many aspects of their operations, with the exception of understanding how sh***y their military was at the start of the war as the reports are that it was the GRU that told 💩-tin that the Ukrainian people would welcome them and it would be a very short “SMO”. Their propaganda arm is extremely effective, undoubtedly quite well funded.

[@smileydavis73]

Poor car..

[@gherkamum]

Just another day in Russia....

[@mryouben]

Tx mr. Galeoti

[@andrekrouwel4333]

Mark Galeotti is just an amazing speaker! Fantastic report! Super clear and interesting!

[@prjndigo]

Crimea belonged to Ukraine at the end of WW1.

[@engliterra355]

of course it did not/ Ukraine got Crimea in 1954

[@Heater-v1.0.0]

@@engliterra355 No. Crimea was part of Ukraine even before 1919. See this map: en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Map_of_Ukraine_for_Paris_Peace_Conference.jpg Note that it also shows that the Rostov area was part of Ukraine. Please stop spreading misinformation.

[@ArtyFactual_Intelligence]

@@engliterra355 Khrushchev gave it to the Federated State of Ukraine because of his family ties, when the USSR were grouped and appeared to be indivisible.

[@engliterra355]

@@ArtyFactual_Intelligence pretty much, yes. Nothing to do with WWI

[@JackAstor365]

Always so strange how the russians know within minutes who is responsible for the attack! Very strange. I wonder if maybe they just decide on who they could blame so that they look good.

[@baobo67]

They pull names out of a ushanka. Putin supplies the names.

[@marianprzybylski-ef5rs]

Targeting someone with the same name unlikley they would have been watching their target

[@luciavento7348]

Please note, Crimea was not always Russian. Catherine the Great annexed it in 1783. Khrushchev returned it to Ukraine.

[@ostwelt]

And like Alsaka was once RU.... So what.

[@ArtyFactual_Intelligence]

@@ostwelt Putin wants it back and has made a deal with his Orange buddy.

[@jimcanadian494]

​@@ostweltlike Hawaii was annexed by the ysnke

[@jimcanadian494]

By the Yankees

[@MrStarstreak]

Crimea was conquered at a time when that meant it was owned by Russia. Krushchev allocated it to Ukraine. However it should have returned to Russia after the fall of the USSR since they have a military base there. Probably NATO wanted to get their hands on that. There's always a motive behind their actions.

[@proselytizingorthodoxpente8304]

Probably something to do with infighting amongst the Russian regime

[@murrayjeffree8245]

You've made a lot of assumptions about Ukraine here, but ISIS-Khorasan is also active in Russia and has been carrying out terrorist style attacks. I'm very surprised not to see them mentioned.

[@gwillis9797]

Reporters can't make money reporting on ISIS attacks on Russia. It's NATO AND THE WEST FAULT.

[@stephenswales8940]

Obviously someone Putin has taken a dislike to.

[@notreallydavid]

That's almost everybody.

[@IVFlaviaFelix]

oh dear...how sad....never mind

[@dpelpal]

After Putin screamed his "Kyiv in 3 days" I think most ppl just laugh at russia these days😂

[@aleckerby1236]

Russian men are coming home from the war like football comes home for England 🇬🇧 😅

[@some69person]

Thats too dark, no man please dont say so

[@tedcrilly46]

Its the shoe shops that suffer most. The sock section of the mens dept is quiet too. Although suits and ties are doing good.

[@aliancemd]

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="536">8:56</a> “Symbolic” - they were getting attacked constantly with cruise missile from the sea, until they started attacking these ships. What kind of gibberish is he talking… “symbolic”

[@Wagner.WithShovels]

The Russian officer is now Foot Loose and Fancy Free. (Spoiler alert. It blew his feet off).

[@brianmurray1395]

You think that's funny?? What if you lost your feet because of a yellow coward attempt?

[@rmdomainer9042]

​@@brianmurray1395 This strike was self defence.

[@ArtyFactual_Intelligence]

If he is fancy-free, I guess the blast might have done some damage higher up in the mid torso.

[@sebastienschubert2991]

Excellent analysis

[@cerberus2881]

putin would do that! I guess the window in the high-rise wasn't available.

[@keiththompson3685]

😅

[@fatskelton]

Mr Galeotti is very well informed about the situation.

[@alllivesmatter627]

Russia and intelligent should not be the same sentence!!

[@ArtyFactual_Intelligence]

That was always the joke about UK Intelligence.

[@kingomedlanki6151]

Ffs, here comes another threat

[@dpelpal]

Russia is losing to Ukraine. And yet they're going to fight "WWIII" 😂😂😂😂😂 _Russia cant even afford to drive to WWIII at this point😂😂😂

[@Zenon00007]

❤Ukrainians ❤

[@Mr2ronron]

If this is a secret operation, no matter the perp, how were such detailed videos of the event obtained? Not indiscriminate. Sending some kind of message to somebody.

[@alan30189]

Well, you know what they say: “You live by the sword, you die by the sword.” 🗡️

[@Only-Me-UC]

Depending on how corrupt the office is?

[@arau8310]

It's tragic that even those on the inside who see the danger the government they support and work for poses do not do anything to stop it.

[@gtrguyinaz]

Not really buying what you said….

[@VladimirPutin-p3t]

Well then, can I interest you in a pair of size 10 shoes? Barely used...

[@stpfs9281]

Moscow car bomb, usually self administered, judging from previous MO.

[@supernoodles91]

'Had his feet blown off......' jesus thats gotta sting.

[@neiltitmus9744]

On the up side will never suffer from ingrowing toe nails

[@Kodakcompactdisc]

Footloose springs to mind 🎶

[@brianchandler1365]

Imagine never having to buy shoes again😂..every cloud and all that

[@supernoodles91]

@@brianchandler1365 🤣🤣 you sick puppy!😂 Nor socks so two 'wins'!

[@keithrosenberg5486]

I suspect that Crimea has lost its strategic importance.

[@stemill1569]

lol, Russian Intelligence Officer. Isn't that an oxymoron?

[@sosomelodies659]

Budanov strikes back!

[@hankadelicflash]

Damn, not only do you have to be paranoid about bombs if you work for the government, you have to watch your back just if you have the same name.

[@TheCatBilbo]

Colonel John Doe is glad he isn't Russian...

[@omelborpon3159]

When a person's actual vote means nothing, they learn to "vote" in other ways.

[@olivere5497]

He started his career with the FSB, he ended it with Ruscosmos

[@ianworley8169]

Faced with a constant daily attacks by missiles, massed artillery barrages and huge glide bombs, Ukraine has the right to use any means possible to strike back. Please, never refer to Ukrainian military reactions as 'terrorist like'. No more than Allied actions behind enemy lines in WW2 were ever such.

[@keithrosenberg5486]

A weapon is a device for making your enemy change his mind. The mind was the first and final battleground, the stuff in between was just noise. Lois McMaster Bujold

[@davidmurray5399]

Smells like inter-mural sports activities inside the FSB

[@kylet9822]

I have a feeling that the last box has to be a war of light box

[@blacknwhite5451]

How can they know immediately who had done this ? Seems like a set up.

[@Withnail1969]

Not really worth talking about. It's of zero significance to the war.

[@Paul-b5n7x]

Sources?

[@AnthonyMcGowan]

Or the guy who was killed was planting the bomb and the guy who fled to Turkey was the target ? maybe we will one day know the truth

[@VFella]

Hmmm, somebody close to Shoigu for some reason? 🤔 And of course, the blame is on Ukraine, right? LOL (not that it would make any difference in this case, but...)

[@larsrons7937]

Ask Gerasimov. He'll... Wait! ??? ... _Shoigu - where is Gerasimov!?! Shoiguuuuuuu........_

[@LudmillaOlesnicky]

❤❤❤❤

[@napalmholocaust9093]

Guerrilla fighting is a good term without all the connotations of right and wrong that you should use, that or "unconventional" warfare. <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="58">0:58</a>

[@kw8757]

Look on the bright side..at least he can raise some cash by selling all his socks and shoes on Ebay....but then again he's going to need a seamstress to shorten all his trousers.

[@KillerRabbit1975]

FSB is also active there. The Crocus Hall concert attack, 1999 apartment building booms.

[@tedzehnder961]

The way that the video was taken is strange.If it was a CCTV remote camera, why does it zoom in? Why is there a break in the video? It shows the guy put something in the back seat and jumps ahead for the explosion.Did the bomber make the video? It`s weird that a person just happened to stick their camera phone out the window to show what happened.

[@deniscunningham3059]

Mark, you're the most informative contributor on Times Radio. Thanks for your hard work matter of fact delivery.

[@ForelliBoy]

Who else heard "Come out ye black 'n tans" every time I hear about this specific method of attack

[@marcm.]

Maybe Putin should not have targeted American soldiers in Afghanistan. Or for that matter a German CEO. Or numerous other political, economic, and academic figures

[@shaunsutton4956]

Russia still can't handle Ukraine.

[@captainseadog7600]

I guess he didn’t pay for parking ticket

[@MartinLundström-l4v]

In Sweden, they burn cars reguraly. Mostly for insurance fraud reasons.

[@MrStarstreak]

A terrorist car bomb in a city is not part of conventional warfare. In fact it is probably a war crime. I'm not sure how Times Radio can discuss this incident so calmly and glibly given the history of Irish terror in London etc. I get the sense that this channel is involved deeper in the conflict than they care to admit.

[@peterhenriksen6612]

While I acknowledge Mr Galeotti's expertise on Russian matters, I think there is also a tendency that he "understands" the Kremlin a bit too well. Example: Russia can attempt assassinations in Ukraine, but if Ukraine does the same in Russia - Europe will be the ones paying as Russia punished the West. While that MIGHT be true, Galeotti fails to mention how utterly unacceptable such logic should be to the West. One almost gets the sense that Mr Galeotti would prefer if the West would put pressure on Ukraine not to launch hybrid attacks on Russia. Hopefully I got the completely wrong idea here...

[@shermoore1693]

Crimea is rightfully Tatar. And should be theirs, independent: neither Russian nor Ukrainian.

[@kashmirha]

Lets not forhet that Russia used cart bombs and assasinations in Ukraine ectensively even before the war. Just look at the face of Yuschenko.

[@canadaphil6068]

Hence forth, he shall be known as "Stumpy"

[@Uxbridge2]

Sounds like gangs to me. And I am from Sweden where we get this sort of attack every week we don't call them Russian.

[@JamesAnderson-ws6bp]

Håll käften på dig fan

[@georgeandreoff6757]

Driving just got a whole lot more dangerous in Moscow 😊

[@thediddymen1408]

Have they run out of windows ?

[@Anton-ji4td]

So, no open windows available then?

[@dawood121derful]

I feel sorry for all the poor Russian chaps who were forced to fight in the Ukraine. Certainly Putin cares nothing for them.

[@rajlowkie6616]

Allowing Putin wounds to FESTER, while keeping Putin feeling, "am good" is GENUS.

[@charlesbeaudry3263]

Very strange position, saying that Ukraine dojng car bombing could backfire since Bucha, etc. Ukraine will never be able to match the level of terror that has been perpetrated by Russia in Ukraine and the West.

[@hollandp9606]

The intelligence service was the target. Wider politics had little to do with it.

[@jtapper6109]

To many trips to Cancun.

[@tacfoley4443]

Sir, you summed up EVEYTHING to do with this event, the FSB and even russia, at <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="38">0:38</a>/9 - 'when you said 'we can't be sure about that'. Never changes, ever, we NEVER 'get' russia, and never will.

[@richardcory5024]

Since the start of the war the Russian population as a whole has viewed the entire topic of Ukrainian resistance and retaliation following the invasion with utter incredulity, and incomprehension. It is as if you kindly helped a frail old lady across a busy street and on reaching the other side she suddenly swings a concealed machete at you. How can this happen in any world, especially in Russky Mir?

[@richardmoloney689]

The Irish are at it again

[@suethompson1736]

Slava Ukraini! ❤❤❤❤

[@MrJagger112]

Another one that said something Putler didn't like.

[@nick28476]

did they find his feet or did they walk off on their own?

[@robertfrank9228]

FJB and puppet masters

[@markmiller2263]

Yes please dont call it what was TERRORISM. Way to apologetic for something so sinister 😢

[@RichardGodson-ys6id]

Is that Thunderbird 2 on the bookshelf behind Mark Galeotti?

[@DavidGitongawriter]

No matter how hard we try blocking the reality on the ground with such pointless analysis, it will not change the battlefield situation.

[@VladimirPutin-p3t]

And of course the SUV was full of Ukrainian POWs, right?

[@paulfrancis8836]

Just Drone Strikes ? I wouldn't want a drone strike on my house. Don't under estimate Drones.

[@Improveng1]

How about some subtitles to let us know who we are listening to?

[@Wagner.WithShovels]

Press the CC button

[@baldyslapnut.]

How about reading the title?🤡

[@stpfs9281]

@@Wagner.WithShovels Oh, that's so difficult... Haha!

[@ahartify]

Well, Mark, Russian military forces seem to be already having a bad time of it right now! He has the people to feed the meat grinder but has he the tanks, missiles, missile defence systens, etc? He seems to be relying on suicidal assaults using golf buggies and motorbikes. As to what the Kremlin says about the car bombing in Moscow, I would take any pronouncements by the Kremlin with a huge lump of salt. Incidentally, have you been in Russia recently? It doesn't sound like it!

[@18_rabbit]

what is the point of your mesage? very strange message..... Obviously he cannot go to Ru, duh!

[@ahartify]

@@18_rabbit The point being that he hasn't been to Russia recently (obviously) and is not hearing what I have been hearing from those in Russia. Apparently all is not so fine and normal in Russia, with high inflation, increasing taxes, electrical shortages, you name it.

[@billbellell9462]

When the aggressive party makes such attacks you call those attacks terrorist attacks, when it is the other party, you call those tactics guerrilla warfare. It also depends on if you win or lose the war overall. The victors write the history of a war. Imagine the written history of WWI if Germany actually somehow won. I do not see Russia writing the history of this war, or anything else for a while after this war.

[@chirawanphung]

Quite boring really. An example of why listeners are moving away from mainstream media in their droves.

[@jefferyshute6641]

On a couple of points, I disagree with Mr. Galeotti. I think Ukraine may yet liberate Crimea. The attacks on the Russian airbases in Crimea, the disruption of logistics, and sabotage of their military assets, could make it untenable for Russia. But, it won't happen overnight. The other is that targeted sabotage and assassinations inside Russia, may backfire on Ukraine, as the Russians then direct similar operations in Europe. This smacks of escalation management. Russia has been attacking Europe, on all fronts, both cyber and kinetic, long before the full scale invasion started. The more visible the Ukrainian attacks inside Russia, the more that citizens realize their men will either not return, or return severely disabled, the more the economy crumbles, and buying power lessens, then the more real the war becomes at home. However, Putin and the citizenry have the mindset that all neighboring countries are within the Russian sphere of influence, and are therefore Russian protectorates. Those so-called protectorates have no right to resist Russia, or disobey. So Putin believes he has the right to do with them as he will. That's one reason he invaded Ukraine so arrogantly. He mistakenly thought it was his right.

[@slyfondle1885]

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="297">4:57</a> "the person who was killed"? You started by saying nobody was killed. 🤔

[@thediddymen1408]

Apparently his feet were the only thing that were killed.