Russia reports five deaths and claims attempted border incursion

[inanna]

Source: Guardian

1m ago
12:57

Russian military officials have said five people who tried to breach Russia’s border have been killed, Reuters report.

Russian officials have said Russian troops and border guards prevented “Ukrainian saboteurs” from breaching their shared border, according to Russian wires cited by Reuters. Ukrainian armed vehicles were destroyed in Russia’s Rostov region, according to the reports.

Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2022/feb/21/russia-ukraine-news-latest-crisis-putin-biden-summit-kyiv-kiev-russian-invasion-threat-live-updates?page=with:block-62138bc98f08e922113e175a#block-62138bc98f08e922113e175a

[Archae]

1. "Saboteurs," yeah right.

"All those who believe that, stand on their heads..." -Col Blake, MASH

[inanna]

2. UK says Russian invasion plan has 'already begun'

From BBC Live coverage:

Posted at 8:20

A spokesman for UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson has told a media briefing that intelligence reports suggest Russian President Vladimir Putin intends to launch an invasion of Ukraine.

"The intelligence we are seeing suggests that Russia intends to launch an invasion and that President Putin's plan has already begun," the spokesman told reporters.

"We're seeing seen elements of the Russian playbook that we would expect to see in certain situations, starting to play out in real time."

https://www.bbc.com/news/live/world-europe-60454795

[Ford_Prefect]

3. ...For those of you who remain confused, The only Saboteurs in the region belong to Russia.

Russia is the territorial aggressor who could benefit from sneaky sabotage. Ukraine wants nothing to cross the border, so why would they invite a Russian response in this way?

[Bettie]

4. No one believes this

well, maybe some really right wing people who worship Putin say they believe it, but honestly, they don't either, it just fits their political model.

[PatSeg]

6. I agree

No one believes it and Putin knows no one believes it. I think when Putin speaks, everyone automatically assumes he is lying.

[Bettie]

8. I think so too

even in Russia, but there they are too afraid to say so.

Here? Only MAGATs believe him and maybe Tucker Carlson because he appears to be a moron.

[PatSeg]

14. People like Tucker don't care about the truth

He only cares about advancing his career, the truth is irrelevant and optional.

In many ways, it is much like Trump. Even his ardent supporters admitted they knew he was lying and said they didn't care because he was "authentic".

[discntnt_irny_srcsm]

22. Everybody knows.

"We know this. The ___ know that we know. But we make-believe that we don't know and the ___ make-believe that they believe that we don't know, but know that we know. Everybody knows." (Apologies to Hatem & Reeves)

[PatSeg]

23. Yes, that sums it up perfectly!!!

[discntnt_irny_srcsm]

30. Have video of the scene. I like Eric Bugosian.

[PatSeg]

34. Oh yes, that is perfect!

[inanna]

9. Ukraine rejects "fake" Russian claims about border incursion

13:22

Ukraine’s ministry of foreign affairs and ministry of defence said the Russian claim was “fake”, reports Luke Harding from Kyiv

“It’s not true,” a spokesperson said, adding a full statement would be released shortly.

The Ukraine military has robustly rejected Russian claims of a foiled border raid into Russia as “fake news”. Ukrainian military officials say their forces are not present in Russia’s Rostov region, Reuters reports.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2022/feb/21/russia-ukraine-news-latest-crisis-putin-biden-summit-kyiv-kiev-russian-invasion-threat-live-updates

[Ray Bruns]

15. Same ploy the Germans used to invade Poland

German troops dressed as Polish troops attack a german radio station. Blame Poland

[Calista241]

16. It doesn't matter if WE don't believe it

It only matters if the Russian population finds it believable. As long as some portion of their population believes it, then Putin is gtg.

[ashredux]

5. Sure, sure....that's it....I'm sure Fox will run with this...

[padah513]

12. Count on it

[robbedvoter]

7. Saw a video of the alleged checkpoint. No roads nearby

Just a hut in a field. Probably in Russia.

[Solly Mack]

10. So, Poland is invading Germany?

[Thomas Hurt]

11. If true, they may have killed five sepratists trying to go home to Mother Russia.

[sinkingfeeling]

13. Sure. They were carrying the false flag.

[yaesu]

17. anyone with a functioning brain, which leaves out repukes, knows that Ukraine would never do this nt

[iemanja]

29. and the Putinphiles

closer to home.

[turbinetree]

18. Bullshit.....Putin uses the same MO everytime....to justify his bullshit....

he is using the same tactics like that POS running China now did when he took over Hong Kong/ and the Muslim and Tibet.....always the others person/ government's provocation....another Stalinist tactic.....

[0rganism]

19. I believe the "five deaths" part

Everything else about the story, maybe not so much

[melm00se]

20. The Russians are playing to

the hometown crowd in the cheap seats.

[uppityperson]

21. Uh. Huh.

[sarisataka]

24. Four score and four years ago

Another dictator about to launch an invasion told his generals,

"I will provide a propagandistic casus belli. Its credibility doesn't matter. The victor will not be asked whether he told the truth".

[Gore1FL]

25. The U.S.S. Maine has aluminum tubes in the Gulf of Tonkin, too!

[hamsterjill]

26. Right on cue.

This surprises no one and is text book Putin. He’s a madman and a killer. That should never ever be minimized or forgotten.

[Martin68]

27. Yeah, right. Ukraine can't wait to provoke a full scale invasion by Russia.

Biden's team has done a good job heading off any belief in Russian false flag operations.

[iemanja]

28. False flag

This is Putin's doing.

[BlueIdaho]

31. The first casualty of war is truth.

Might as well stop listening to anything the Russians “report.”

[ificandream]

32. Heard someone on MSNBC say ...

.. Putin is trying to restore all the countries that split away from the former Soviet Union. He's basically trying to bring that back.

[EndlessWire]

33. This was predicted before.

No one believes this. This is a tactic used by Russia for public opinion. They started this a couple of days ago (maybe yesterday.)