Putin Humiliated as Bombing Interrupts His Charm Offensive

Gavriil Grigorov / via REUTERS The bombing of a top Russian military officer has put a damper on Vladimir Putin’s desperate popularity push. A targeted bombing killed a Russian Defense Ministry serviceman in Russian-occupied Crimea at around 10 a.m. local time on Thursday morning, according to The Moscow Times. The Federal Security Service (FSB) said that an explosive device was hidden inside a trash can on a street in western Sevastopol, which is home to the Russian Black Sea Fleet. It was…