I smell a troll![]()
Devil's advocate would be more appropriate.
Imagine being so stupid, that you would believe that Ukraine are intentionally picking a fight/making incursions into Russia, whilst Russia has 75% of their military surrounding them, and that it is them being the aggressors.
Are these false flag type attacks/reports just for the terminally brain dead Russian populace who will believe anything?
Not too far fetched. Georgia launched an offensive on South Ossetia, which had Russian UN mandated peacekeepers even though Georgia knew that Russia had amassed troops on the border. (if i remember well Russia claimed more than 10 peacekeepers were killed in that shelling).
But in this case, I agree that it is unlikely for Ukraine to want to start something, as we saw consequences in Georgia - that the west will not intervene.