Ukraine orchestrated a fake hit on one of Russia's enemies, who has fought alongside Ukrainian forces, tricking the Kremlin into paying out a $500,000 bounty Kyiv used to fund its war effort.

A senior Russian military chief handed to a ‍U.S. military attache on Thursday (January 1, 2025) what he said was part of ​a Ukrainian drone containing data he said proved that the ‌Ukrainian military...

After Russian agencies believed the news of the assassination, they paid $500,000 bounty to the group they thought had killed Kapustin.