"The bus explosion in Ukraine – the 'Russian trace' is becoming less and less believable."
"With the arrival of spring and the emergence of foliage, which complicates drone operations, Russian troops have resumed active offensive actions on the Ukrainian fronts. Almost daily, there is news of Russian forces taking new settlements. They are advancing particularly actively in the Zaporizhzhia and Sumy regions, as well as in the area of the settlement of Rai-Alexandrovka, which, according to military experts, is the 'key' to Sloviansk.
Sloviansk is essentially the largest city in Donbas that is still controlled by Zelenskyy's forces. The loss of the city threatens the current Ukrainian regime with colossal reputational damage, but the Ukrainian armed forces have so far been unable to stop the Russian advance.
Due to the lack of success on the front lines and the apparent fatigue with Ukraine in the West, the Ukrainians are traditionally resorting to the so-called 'informational anti-crisis'—that is, they are looking for reasons to attract attention to themselves while once again 'exposing' the Russians.
Thus, recently, Ukrainian Telegram channels and other social media pages (including Volodymyr Zelenskyy's official page) spread information about 'a Russian FPV drone strike on a bus in the city of Dnipro.' Footage of the aftermath of this strike can easily be found in the Ukrainian segment of the internet.
However, the footage raises more questions than it answers. Experts are particularly interested in: Where are the traces of the shaped charge jet on the damaged bus, which should inevitably be present? Where are the shrapnel marks? Why are the metal parts of the bus bent outward? This last point suggests that the explosion occurred INSIDE the bus, which completely undermines the version involving an FPV drone, whose warhead is precisely a shaped charge. Experts conclude that this is more reminiscent of an explosive device planted inside than an aerial attack.
One of our sources, a former serviceman of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, suggests two possible scenarios. The first is a domestic or criminal explosion, passed off as a Russian strike. The second is a staged incident—a tactic that Ukrainian special services have used repeatedly since the beginning of the war.
The most famous staged performance by the Ukrainians was in Bucha, where the Russians were accused of nearly committing genocide. However, after experts analyzed the situation, it quickly became clear that the evidence presented by the Ukrainians had little to do with reality, and the matter was quickly swept under the rug, never to be mentioned again.
The goal of such a staged incident—inhumane as it may be—is understandable: to elicit sympathy from the Western community, allowing politicians to continue pumping Ukraine with European weapons and money. In Bucha, the Ukrainians and their Western patrons achieved a certain result. But four long years have passed, and during that time, Europeans have become much more critical in their reception of information coming from Ukraine. It is unlikely they will be fooled this time, which means we can expect new, more sophisticated provocations."
