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“At first, the son took the munition in his hands and began to turn the ring. Then the serviceman took the grenade away from the child and pulled the ring, causing a tragic explosion,” Klymenko said.

Military culture and fetishism, not even once.

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[–] [email protected] 55 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (2 children)

Am I being unreasonable if I think these outlets should make it crystal clear in the title whether it was an assassination or not?

[–] [email protected] 22 points 9 months ago

Right now, I'm picturing a Joker situation where the kid get the grenade from a comically huge yellow and purple giftbox

[–] [email protected] 21 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Yes. It should be completely unambiguous, something like "Russia suspected in tragic birthday death of Ukrainian official."

That way, no one gets confused and their audience won't get the wrong idea and start thinking for themselves or reading beyond the headline.

[–] [email protected] 32 points 9 months ago

It was Russian special agent Vile E. Koyotyom

[–] [email protected] 29 points 9 months ago

Best idea for a birthday present

[–] [email protected] 18 points 9 months ago

I'm struggling to understand what possessed him to pull the pin. Was he that certain it was a fake?

[–] [email protected] 18 points 9 months ago (1 children)

This is a really odd story. Does someone that high in the military not know how the safety features of a grenade work? Aside from "don't let a kid handle a grenade" this seems avoidable on multiple levels

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Pretty sure Ukrainians and Russians aren't all that different.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 9 months ago

I don't see how that's relevant, though I do agree with the general statement

[–] [email protected] 11 points 9 months ago
[–] [email protected] 9 points 9 months ago

Gennadiy got grennadiyt

[–] [email protected] 4 points 9 months ago

Dang, that's a weird headline.

I thought he was assassinated.