It's a tactic Ukraine used before. They rightly assume that most people will understand what happened so they play coy and mock Russia.
It will be interesting to see what Russia says when the "accident" repeats again in another location.
It will be interesting to see what Russia says when the "accident" repeats again in another location.
It is interesting that Russia aren't accusing them of attacking. That's a bigger deal to me...
It makes sense though, there's no benefit in accusing Ukraine in this, otherwise it means 2 things:
- anti air defense didn't work
- panic between civilians in Crimea (more so than now people already leaving their holidays)
I don't think red lines exist. Maybe for using western supplied munitions.
So yeah, the conscripts getting upset and burning down a base is very believable.