Was the Truck Bomb Driver an Unwitting Victim of SBU Murder Plot?

Ugly and uncool

“A front company in Krasnodar could've contracted the now deceased driver for a shipment to Crimea, loaded the goods on the truck, and connected a remote detonation mechanism”

If the truck bomb driver was an unwitting victim then I don’t understand how the Ukrainians could have timed the explosion to coincide with the fuel train. They would have had no control over when the truck would be passing the bridge. (Possible answer: the train wasn’t in the plan, but just an opportunity they seized in the moment.)

On the other hand, the driver not being part of the plot would answer why he stayed on the outside lane of the bridge. Why he didn’t swerve left before detonating which would place the explosion closer to the railway bridge. (Would also explain why Kiev isn't claiming the attack.)

Guess it may have been too much to hope that this good-for-nothing war may have at least given us a cool Slavic suicide bombing. (Like maybe the guy had a terminal disease and was paid a lot of money.) That’s what you get for trying to think positively, looking for the good parts of a bad situation. Turns out (maybe) we can’t have any good things. Everything in this war has to be 100% depressing.

SBU coolness factor = 0%.

From gunning down their own protestors, to perhaps planting bombs in the trucks of middle-aged Azerbaijanis…

Hugo Kaaman @HKaaman

Now that we've established something detonated on the bridge, let me explain why and how an SVBIED was used in order to neutralize the bridge. First, this was likely not a traditional SVBIED where an ideologically convinced suicide bomber sacrificed his life for the cause

Hugo Kaaman @HKaaman

SVBIED attacks don't always require a willing driver. The IRA popularised so-called "proxy bombs" where people were coerced under threat to drive SVBIEDs toward hostile targets, where they were detonated remotely upon arrival

en.wikipedia.orgProxy bomb - Wikipedia

Hugo Kaaman @HKaaman

However, this was likely an 'unwitting' SVBIED. The 52-year old driver of the lorry that detonated, Makhir Yusubov, likely had no idea what was going on. CCTV footage shows Russian soldiers inspecting the SVBIED prior to Yusubov crossing, with no one raising any alarms

Hugo Kaaman @HKaaman

The real alarm bells are represented by the fact that the truck was crossing the Kerch bridge from Russia to Crimea. Does the SBU have intricate SVBIED manufacturing facilities inside Russia proper? Probably not. The likely answer is quite ingenious

Hugo Kaaman @HKaaman

How do you transport large quantities of explosives without raising too much suspicion? Ammonium nitrate (fertilizer). Although the leading theory is that the explosives are AN-based, they were likely combined with an accelerant from the start

ChrisO @ChrisO_wiki

3/ He also points out that it wasn't just a big fireball, but was followed by "flaming torches in the air ... This suggests the use of combustible metals such as aluminium, magnesium or thermite to amplify the explosion."

Hugo Kaaman @HKaaman

Assuming that Ukraine had operatives in place, a front company in the Krasnodar area could've contracted the now deceased driver for a shipment to Crimea, loaded the goods on the truck, and also connected a remote detonation mechanism to the already boosted ammonium nitrate

Hugo Kaaman @HKaaman

Hence, an 'unwitting' SVBIED. The lorry detonated just after the start of an ascending incline on the road bridge, igniting train cars on the above railway bridge as well. Either of these (incline/train) could have been used as target reference if the detonation was RC-operated

Fake and unearned?:

Horesmi🚩🇺🇦 @Horesmi

Another day another banger

Perhaps this funny moment can take the load off a little:

Irina @heyhelloirene

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