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Topic	Russia accusing Ukraine of mortar fire
WingsOfGood 02/17/22 9:30:36 AM #28:	ALIEN_WORK2HOP posted... this has been going on for years and is nothing new Topic title is misleading. You think the rebels actually said this? Russia said it, but blamed them. https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2022/feb/17/russia-ukraine-news-troops-border-latest-live-putin-biden-kyiv-russian-invasion-threat Western security officials have been monitoring the shelling in Donbas closely, saying it was the sort of provocation that has the potential to escalate, while also stressing that exchanges of fire across the line of control in eastern Ukraine were not uncommon. An official said there was more concern with what is happening now than with any possible pretext for an invasion by Russia that had been set out previously, so-called false flag operations in which a faked incident would be used to justify an attack on Ukraine. Nevertheless, similar levels of hostilities have been seen previously and it was not uncommon for issues to flash up and go away. One western official concluded: Im not saying this is a pretext, but I didnt say it wasnt a pretext. https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/live-updates/russia-ukraine/?id=82467772 Russia-Ukraine live updates: Separatist forces claim 'large-scale' shelling in Donbas <cite>WingsOfGood posted [p:962724018] in Russia acc... [t:79902624]...</cite> <quote>ALIEN_WORK2HOP posted... </cite> <quote>this has been going on for years and is nothing new Topic title is misleading.</quote> You think the rebels actually said this? Russia said it, but blamed them. https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2022/feb/17/russia-ukraine-news-troops-border-latest-live-putin-biden-kyiv-russian-invasion-threat <quote>Western security officials have been monitoring the shelling in Donbas closely, saying it was the sort of provocation that has the potential to escalate, while also stressing that exchanges of fire across the line of control in eastern Ukraine were not uncommon. An official said there was more concern with what is happening now than with any possible pretext for an invasion by Russia that had been set out previously, so-called false flag operations in which a faked incident would be used to justify an attack on Ukraine. Nevertheless, similar levels of hostilities have been seen previously and it was not uncommon for issues to flash up and go away. One western official concluded: Im not saying this is a pretext, but I didnt say it wasnt a pretext.</quote> https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/live-updates/russia-ukraine/?id=82467772 <quote>Russia-Ukraine live updates: Separatist forces claim 'large-scale' shelling in Donbas</quote> </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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