The first mention of the “Ukrainian school of elimination” was already made in 2015–2016, erstwhile separatist commanders Arsen “Motorola” Pawlov (killed by explosives in an elevator), Mikhail “Giwia” Tolsty (a Kornet rocket launched into his cabinet) and leader of the self-proclaimed “DRL” Aleksandr Zacharchenko (a bomb in a restaurant). **These operations, confirmed later on 14 July 2023 - in Kyryla Budanov's interview for the Reuters agency, created a experimental ground for today's actions in deep Russia.** Budanov, then an officer trained by the CIA unit 2245, stressed that Ukraine **“does not gotta make its own Mossad – the mechanics for eliminating enemies exists and will continue”.**
