Ukraine's Intelligence Services Are Planning a False-Flag Terror Attack — Institute for the Study of War
Claimed by Viral social media post · 2026-07-07
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- StopFakeThe video is fabricated. Neither the Institute for the Study of War nor any other credible source has reported anything about the preparation of such a provocation.
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