The Russian pilot who defected to Ukraine was shot 5 times while less than 500 feet away from a police station: WSJ

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1. >A medic found five small-caliber shots, one of which directly hit his heart, revealing the accuracy with which the perpetrator killed Kuzminov, according to the report.
   A suspect has yet to be identified, but an official working on the investigation told The Journal that investigators believe the Kremlin was involved in the pilot’s killing.

2. Bullets definitely travel faster than police.

3. Trade craft did him in. The whole “let’s spill the beans” in how this conflict’s intel ops have helped as much as it hurt in the last 3 years.

4. The article doesn’t exactly say witnesses saw or heard the shots. The body could have been dumped there. Why would someone need to call the emergency number? You would expect someone at the police station would have heard the shots and gotten to him in seconds.

5. We got 500 000 euro so 1 shot for every 100 000 euro

6. Business Insider doesn’t mention it but didn’t he get drawn out by an ex-girlfriend, who said she wanted to meet him and asked where he was?

   This poor guy did not get briefed well, it seems.

7. I’m guessing whatever witness protection equivalent they were under failed?