• Chainweasel@lemmy.world
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    2 months ago

    The same things were said by the Ukrainian government just before the very obvious Soviet Russian invasion began.
    I believe at the time it was generally accepted that it was to keep the Ukrainian citizens calm because having to deal with civil unrest in the form of widespread panic would only serve to complicate the incoming invasion response.