#Russian news outlets are reporting an "Ukrainian attack" against the positions of the Luhansk People's Republic in Pionerskoye, claiming that the #Ukrainians suffered losses and retreated, and that the attack resulted in civilian casualties
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Russian outlets are also reporting that forces of the #Russia-backed Donetsk People's Republic have prevented a group of Ukrainian saboteurs planning to blow up electrical substations and gas pipelines.
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All those reports should taken with a pinch of salt, as they are part of a broader attempt to set up a narrative for a possible Russian response
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The separatists are claiming that forces of the Ukrainian 79th Airborne Assault Brigade made an attempt to attack the a settlement, crossing the river and suffering losses before retreating. They claim they damaged five residential buildings.
Makes little sense
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Again, these kind of "offensive ops" have never been reported in years, in no small part because a broader attack could risk a Russian response.
But now Kyiv would start carrying them out just as Moscow has amassed the largest military build-up in decades?
Makes no sense
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Video circulated by pro-separatist forces of the "clashes between DPR special forces" and a "secret hideout of Ukrainian terrorists".
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Always bring a crew of journalists a few meters away from the clashes. That's warfare 101
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If it comes from 'Russian news outlets' it is certainly a lie and any evidence to support it will be faked.
See also: hole in nursery wall made by a jackhammer, not a shell.
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