DISINFO: Bucha was a false flag operation
SUMMARY
In addition, Putin reports that when the negotiations were taking place and progressing, he was asked to withdraw Russian troops from the area around Kyiv as a gesture of goodwill, which he did on 29 March 2022. It should be added that shortly after the withdrawal, the pictures from Bucha made the rounds. The timeline supports the theory that Bucha was a false flag operation.
RESPONSE
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Recurrent denial of war crimes committed by Russian forces during the full-scale military invasion of Ukraine and false spinning of a military retreat as a “gesture of goodwill”.
The retreat of Russian forces in March 2022 took place because they were losing the battle for Kyiv. They needed massive reinforcements to take the capital that were not available. However, the Kremlin presented this as a “gesture of goodwill” to favour negotiations in Istanbul.
In December 2022, an investigation based on videos and telephone metadata of civilian devices stolen by Russian soldiers established the responsibility of a Russian regiment — and its commander — for the death of several dozens of civilians from Bucha.
Satellite images by Maxar Technologies from when Russian troops occupied Bucha on March 18 and 19 2022 back up Bucha Mayor Fedoruk’s account of bodies in the streets, showing at least five bodies on one road.
See here for further debunking by POLYGAPH.info as well as The Bucha massacre: mapping a year of Kremlin denial.
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