Talk:Gonzalo Lira

I do not really know what to make of this. It does not look good, but also it does not look verifiable. Botsmanua telegram is not freely open. I never heard about Peter Gilbert and have no clue what are his sources. I do not know who Oleg Petrov is. Gonzales Lira telegram, at this time, shows his last post on April 15. I do not know what this refers to: comment by Oleg Petrov on Lira's Telegram channel, supposedly dated April 17. --Resup (talk) 09:02, 21 April 2022 (UTC)

Suspects
Comment by Brannagyn on Moon of Alabama, April 21, 2022
 * Regarding Gonzalo's status, the specific people that governments, of some kind, need to be questioning are:
 * Sergei Velichko (Chili), member of the Azov 'Kraken' unit and the person implied to be responsible for the abduction, also involved in the shooting of Russian POWs.
 * Ruslan Oleynik, another member of Kraken, implicated in the above shooting.
 * Konstantin Nemichev, also a Kraken member, also implicated in the above.
 * Ruslan Mironyuk, another Kraken member, claimed to be responsible for video execution by stabbing of a Russian soldier.
 * Maksym Zhorin (Mose), former Azov commander and a current head of the far-right National Corps political party; responsible for the picture of Velichko's 'boast'; also posted a photo of the body of the murdered Mayor of Kremennaya and highly likely to have been involved in his execution. Regarding the National Corps, their leader Andriy Biletsky, another former Azov commander, once said that Ukrainian’s mission was to “lead the white races of the world in a final crusade...against Semite-led Untermenschen”.
 * Sergei Korotkikh (Boatsman), another former Avov commander and likely killer of civilians in Bucha, who praised Lira's capture and hoped for video of an execution.


 * Other people that should be investigated:
 * Denys Prokopenko (Redis), current commander of Azov and likely well aware of the activities of the above figures.
 * Sarah Ashton-Cirillo, twitter 'journalist' and Azov groupie who was the first to report on Lira's abduction. Appears to have connections to and information from the above sources or people close to them.


 * Regarding this last person, I wrote elsewhere (back on March 6th) that Lira's commentary was likely to get him killed (hopefully he is only detained). I can see a similar future of Ashton-Cirillo. The public connection, whether it exists or not, between high-profile (hardcore neoNazi) Azov members and a transgender person may become embarrassing for them. Also, while even Azov members are now deleting posts relating to Lira, Ashton-Cirillo has done, and continues to do, more than anyone to shine a light on their involvement. Given that this person claims to still be in Kharkov, they are walking a dangerous line.


 * Finally, several of the above Azov members, the Kraken team in particular, are currently in Kharkov. If they become cut off by the Russians they can expect no mercy. In that case it is quite possible they would turn on civilians to create another Bucha in order to build support for a relief effort. If for no other reason, it is worth watching for any mention of their names.

Sarah Ashton-Cirillo

 * This Undercover Operative Says She Recruited the Proud Boys for the GOP - Roger Sollenberger, Daily Beast, June 4, 2021
 * Journalist from Las Vegas reporting from frontline in Ukraine - Kim Passoth, FOX5, April 1, 2022