• Hubi@feddit.deOP
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    8 months ago

    Nah, I don’t buy this story at all. Their car had Belarussian plates and that border is much closer and still open. I’d even argue that the UKR/RUS border is the worst place to cross with checkpoints, mines and drones everywhere. They would’ve been safer hiding out in a random village somewhere.

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      8 months ago

      Fleeing to Belarus might as well mean staying in Russia

      Of course we will never know the truth I’m sure they will have unhappy accidents next to windows

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      8 months ago

      Assuming they (ISIS) have active members on the other side, and a corridor established, fleeing into Ukraine would be probably significantly safer - assuming Russian and Ukrainian internal security services aren’t sharing intelligence and otherwise cooperating while they’re engaged in a hot conflict.