Putin Sent in Troops Disguised With White Peace Monitor Symbols and Ukrainian Uniforms, Says Kyiv

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Putin Sent in Troops Disguised With White Peace Monitor Symbols and Ukrainian Uniforms, Says Kyiv
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Troops entering the country from Belarus were also reportedly disguising themselves in Ukrainian military and police uniforms.
Allison Quinn
News Editor
Updated Feb. 24, 2022 11:06AM ET / Published Feb. 24, 2022 5:03AM ET


As part of their invasion of Ukraine, Russian forces have used insignia of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe to descend on several cities in the Luhansk region, Ukraine’s National Police warned Thursday.

“Columns of Russian tanks entered the Luhansk region at the borders of Krasnaya Talovka, Milove, and Gorodishche. The enemy insidiously placed white vehicles with OSCE symbols at the front. Fighting is currently underway there,” police said in a statement.

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Similarly deceptive tactics by invading forces were reported elsewhere in the country.

After Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky announced the alarming news that Russian forces were trying to “seize” the Chernobyl nuclear plant, the site of the worst-ever nuclear disaster, residents in the area were quoted telling the UNIAN news agency that they had seen the troops make their way through by dressing up as peacekeepers. They reportedly made their way through in white trucks and armored vehicles that had “something like red flags” on the front.

Elsewhere, in Sarny, Rivne, Mayor Ruslan Serpeninov issued a video address to residents, warning them that sabotage and reconnaissance units were entering the country from Belarus wearing Ukrainian military and police uniforms.

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[Joinfortmill]

1. Monster. I hope someone nails him.

[2naSalit]

2. Dirty...

Bastards used the dirtiest tricks.

[ck4829]

3. Remember that lawful/unlawful combatant distinction way back when?

Weren't these the kinds of things that "made it OK" to ship people off to Gitmo for indeterminate lengths of time?

[DFW]

4. Hitler taught Putin well

To facilitate the invasion of the Netherlands in 1940, Hitler sent in fifth columnists of German troops in Dutch uniforms. As soon as the Dutch figured it out, they thought up a tongue-twister of a universal password: acht en tachtig scheveningse scherpschoeters. (Eighty-eight sharp shooters of Scheveningen).

Even for the Dutch, used to their gutteral language, it was a mouthful. German soldiers were hopelessly confused by it, and many a Dutch uniform had a bullet hole in it because its German wearer hadn't had a month's worth of language instruction.

Linguistically, unfortunately, Putin has an easier time of it, but I bet there are certain tricks that would give an invader away.

[crickets]

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