What?? Surely that can't be possible, right? That's a step deep beyond going inside Russia... and a really risky one. I can only assume it's meant to intimidate the Russians by proving Ukraine's capacity to penetrate their defences, but it seems like such an unnecessary risk...

[–] TWeaK@lemm.ee 29 points 1 year ago (1 children)

More likely it's done by local Russians than an official Ukrainian exercise.

[–] Cpo@lemm.ee 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Exactly my thought.

Also: too much hassle (but maybe as a "side quest", but it seems too silly to take the effort).

[–] TWeaK@lemm.ee 9 points 1 year ago

Yeah I mean if Ukrainian forces were that deep inside Russian territory I'd hope they'd be exploiting it for a much better tactical advantage than planting a flag.

[–] AllahFucksKids@fedia.io 8 points 1 year ago

This was almost certainly done by Russian citizens, but then it doesn't REALLY matter does it? It's all about the message.

[–] BackOnMyBS@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

The message is savage. It's either saying that the FSB has switched sides and no longer backing Putin, or the FSB is horribly incompetent.

[–] skillissuer@discuss.tchncs.de 4 points 1 year ago

minuscule amount of tomfoolery