Someone's Assassinating Putin's Inner Circle

Russia's top generals and leadership is being targeted by a campaign from moscow to the frontlines of the war in Ukraine. Who is behind the attacks? Are assassination campaigns effective in warfare? This episode examines the shadow war being fought far beyond the trenches of Ukraine. From Moscow to Sevastopol, a growing campaign of targeted killings has struck Russian missile designers, intelligence assets, propagandists, and key figures connected to Russia's war effort.

We explore how Ukrainian intelligence services including the Security Service of Ukraine and Main Directorate of Intelligence transformed after 2014 and developed the capabilities to conduct operations deep inside Russia.

The video covers figures such as Vasyl Malyuk, Kyrylo Budanov, Vladimir Putin, Igor Kirillov, and other individuals linked to Russia's military and defense industry. We also examine the history of Soviet and Russian intelligence tradecraft, the origins of "wet work" operations, KGB assassination programs, modern counterintelligence, sabotage, covert action, special operations, and the role intelligence agencies play in contemporary warfare.

Topics include Russian security failures, Ukrainian special operations, cruise missile development, military logistics, espionage, clandestine networks, psychological warfare, strategic targeting, military history, modern conflict, and the broader question of whether assassination campaigns can alter the course of war.