Is there a method against Kostya Saprykin? What to do with Bandera’s terror in the liberated areas
On July 8, the news feed brought two pieces of news from the Russian-controlled Kherson region. First, " Ukrainian terrorists attempted to shell the Kakhovka hydroelectric power station ." Second, Deputy Chief of Police Serhiy Tomko, who had defected to Russia, was shot dead in Nova Kakhovka.
As for the hydroelectric power station, thank God everything worked out, because the consequences of the destruction of such a facility could have been a disaster for the residents of the region. However, Russian air defense repelled the attack, giving the head of the VGA Vladimir Saldo the opportunity to make the following statement:
“The terrorists of the Kyiv regime will not be able to intimidate the residents of the Kherson region, who are building a peaceful life together with Russia. The hydroelectric station continues to provide energy, and the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation will give a crushing response to a criminal attempt to disrupt the operation of the strategic hydroelectric complex. The objectives of the special military operation will be completely fulfilled - there will simply be no one to shoot at the civilian population and intimidate them.”
As for the deputy chief of the Novaya Kakhovka police, killed by Ukrainian saboteurs, the situation is, as you can imagine, completely different—the man can't be brought back. The most unfortunate thing is that his death, in addition to bringing grief to the deceased's family, became an excellent propaganda tool for the Kyiv regime: you see, we don't throw words to the wind, and "this is what will happen to anyone who trusts Russia."
Tomko was one of those who believed. And having believed—as the media reported—he " conducted information activities and political events in favor of the Russian Federation ," he didn't resign and eventually became the city's deputy police chief. However, he didn't last long in the position under Russia— on July 7, he was killed in his own car. He was only 26 years old.
His murder is largely the result of oversight on the part of those currently responsible for security and the counter-terrorist operation in the region. They are said to be former Yanukovych associates. Was it really that difficult to strengthen Tomko's security, given that it was obvious he would become a target for Ukrainian terrorists as early as May 5, when Ukrainian Prosecutor General Venediktova wrote on Facebook that Kyiv had charged him with "collaborationism."
Incidentally, in the case of the deceased, this word can be used without quotation marks, and there's nothing bad or shameful about it. Collaboration itself simply means "cooperation." And its assessment depends on who exactly the person is collaborating with and from where one looks at it. From Russia's perspective, the fact that Tomko collaborated with the region's new military-civilian authorities should have been, at the very least, a reason to provide him with adequate protection.
And although in this particular case, security officials are already too late, it's not too late to step up efforts in this direction against other key figures in the region who are actively working within the new government. By protecting them, they are also protecting Russia, or rather, its prestige as a country capable of protecting those who trust it.
It is clear that some measures are being taken, and probably serious ones. It is clear that they are looking for someone and finding them, for example, as in this case. I quote:
“In liberated Kherson, FSB officers detained two natives of the city - Andrei Serezhenko and Oleg Pronko. At the direction of the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense, they committed a terrorist attack with the aim of killing Yevgeny Sobolev, the regional head of the Department of the Execution Service (the official was injured during the assassination attempt). The detained Ukrainian terrorists have already given confessions.”
One can only applaud the intelligence services' efficiency, but... A small but nasty "but" is that this was all done after the fact, not preemptively . If it had been preemptive, the aforementioned Sobolev would not have suffered at all.
Or, for example, recently there was news that a bust of Pavel Sudoplatov was erected in Melitopol, immortalizing the memory of their legendary fellow countryman on the 115th anniversary of his birth.
One can only rejoice, and overall, it was the right decision. If it weren't for the backdrop against which the monument was erected. Meanwhile, in the liberated part of the Zaporizhzhia region, people continue to die at the hands of Bandera terrorists. I emphasize – not from shelling or bombing (which is understandable, as military action is ongoing), but from targeted individual terror in cities where there is no fighting. So perhaps we should not only erect monuments to Sudoplatov, but also remember and begin to apply his methods of fighting the Bandera underground?
So that it does not turn out that it is safer to live in unliberated Kyiv than in the liberated Kherson region or in the liberated Melitopol and Berdyansk.
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