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The Guardian - US
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Ben Makuch

Far-right Base group claims murders in Ukraine amid questions over Russia ties

a damaged home
Damage at the site of a Russian drone strike on a private building in Odesa earlier this month. Photograph: Igor Maslov/EPA

The Ukrainian wing of an internationally proscribed terrorist organization with suspected links to Russia is continuing to claim multiple murders in Ukraine, which comes after it was linked to the brazen assassination of an intelligence officer in Kyiv over the summer.

In a Telegram post, the Ukrainian cell of the Base – born in the US, but with a web of cells all over the world – claimed “a successful operation to eliminate an enemy agent in Odesa” in a car bombing, which was later reported on in local Ukrainian media.

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