Putin Summons Defense Officials After Supposed Ukrainian Attack in Russia

Russia’s Vladimir Putin has called an emergency meeting of the Security Council after a supposed attack by Ukrainian saboteurs on Russian territory early Thursday that no one has seemed able to independently confirm, according to multiple reports.

Lawmakers confirmed the meeting shortly after Russian propaganda outlets churned out a hodge-podge of horror stories claiming Ukrainian “saboteurs” had burst into the Bryansk region on the border, shot up a bus, and taken hostages.

In a huge plot twist, however, a group of Russian volunteers fighting alongside Ukraine claimed they were behind the attack.

Read more at The Daily Beast.