c/world · by Zapados@sh.itjust.works · 59d

Bus with Belarus children hit by a drone in Russia, Moscow claims it was attacked by Ukraine

https://www.euronews.com/my-europe/2026/06/17/bus-carrying-belarus-children-hit-by-a-drone-in-russia-moscow-claims

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axh@lemmy.world · 14 pts · 59d

The falsest flag operation I ever read about

Saprophyte@lemmy.world · 11 pts · 59d

Russia doing what Russia does...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shelling_of_Mainila

Fishnoodle@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 59d (1 reply)

Lol, Russian false flag ops for sure... If it even happened

Quacksalber@sh.itjust.works · 6 pts · 59d

Even if it did happen, Ukraine has nothing to gain from blowing up a bus full of children. So if anything, the bus was targetted by mistake. And there is a really easy thing Russia could do to not have buses targetted by mistake.

CityPop@lemmy.today · 6 pts · 59d

Russia desperate to open a new front to help them.

AwesomeLowlander@sh.itjust.works · 3 pts · 57d

Add it to the list

Russian / Soviet False Flag Operations (Selected Examples)

Year	Operation/Event	Status
1939	Mainila Shelling	Widely regarded by historians as a Soviet false flag used to justify the Winter War against Finland.
1999	Russian Apartment Bombings	Officially blamed on Chechen terrorists; some journalists, defectors, and critics allege FSB involvement. Remains disputed.
2014	Annexation of Crimea ("Little Green Men")	Russian forces initially operated without insignia while Moscow denied involvement before later acknowledging it. Often cited as a deception operation rather than a classic false flag.
2022	Alleged Ukrainian Attacks in Donbas (Pre-Invasion Incidents)	Western governments and independent analysts assessed several incidents as staged or fabricated to justify military action.

phoenixz@lemmy.ca · 2 pts · 57d

Country known for their false flag bullshit claims someone else murdered a bunch of little children...

Uh huh

DarkFuture@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 59d

Yes. You are at war. You are being attacked by your enemy that you attacked first.