Originally Posted by
albatross
Also the US and others have raised the possibility of the Russians faking a trans-border attack supposedly by the Ukraine into Russia to be used as a justification for Russia to invade Ukraine .
Did not Hitler do the exact same thing to “Justify” the Nazi invasion of Poland in 1939?
yes, the Gleiwitz incident.
the Soviets did the same a few months later, called the shelling of Mainila where the Soviet artillery shelled their own troops but the Soviets claimed that the shots were fired from Finland and so began the winter war.