Talk:Attacks in Russia during the Russian invasion of Ukraine

Extended-confirmed-protected edit request on 23 May 2023
"The Russian Volunteer Corps, a far-right Russian nationalist group fighting against the Russian government, claimed responsibility for a brief incursion into neighboring Bryansk Oblast in March 2023."

This section is miss leading. The Russian Volunteer corps is a unit based in Ukraine as part of the Ukrainian foreign legion. We should substitute the Wikipedia description of this unit in here.

"a Russian nationalist paramilitary unit based in Ukraine." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_Volunteer_Corps

The section would now be clear that this is a Ukrainian based unit, the current description would miss lead people in to thinking this unit originated in the Russian Federation.

"The Russian Volunteer Corps, a Russian nationalist paramilitary unit based in Ukraine, claimed responsibility for a brief incursion into neighboring Bryansk Oblast in March 2023."

You can find information about them both on their own wiki pages and also in UK reporting. It is clear they crossed from Ukraine in to Russia. This is actually the second time.

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2023/03/04/russian-neo-nazi-hooligan-who-led-anti-putin-militia-across/ Liger404 (talk) 01:59, 23 May 2023 (UTC)
 * Pictogram voting wait.svg Already done It looks like this article no longer describes the Russian Volunteer Corps, which I think addresses your issue about the misleading description. RFZYN SPY  talk 21:13, 30 May 2023 (UTC)

Perpetrators
Listing the FSB as one of the perpetrators (claimed) is akin to saying 9/11 was an inside job. It's glaringly obvious that the Ukrainians are launching attacks as retaliation for Russian bombing. This is pistachio-level IQ, seriously. 2601:85:C100:46C0:C8AA:52EF:B3C8:C8FC (talk) 19:29, 31 May 2023 (UTC)

Splitting proposal
I propose that this article be split into two articles: 2022–2023 western Russia airstrikes, to cover most of the original scope of this article, and 2023 western Russia raids, to cover the land incursions by pro-Ukrainian all-Russian militants in summary style (2023 Bryansk Oblast attack, 2023 Belgorod Oblast attack, and the minor other incursions). I think this should be done because the raids aren't that related to the drone and artillery attacks that take up much of this article, and they all have common themes that should be consolidated in one place; eg: the claims of Ukrainian involvement, the motivations all apply to all the incidents. HappyWith (talk) 18:16, 2 June 2023 (UTC)
 * Oppose This appears to be already split through 2023 Belgorod Oblast incursions and 2023 Bryansk Oblast raid. Creating another article layer on it would be excessive. The overview article could be at current 2022–2023 Western Russia attacks. Brandmeistertalk  18:34, 2 June 2023 (UTC)


 * Support There are way to many drone strikes into Russia to put on a page with raids into Russia. Ajhuheu (talk) 10:26, 3 June 2023 (UTC)
 * Comment: no reason to capitalize western in the proposal. —Michael Z. 13:04, 3 June 2023 (UTC)
 * You’re right. Forgot when making the proposal. HappyWith (talk) 21:52, 4 June 2023 (UTC)
 * Fixed. Proposal now has lowercase 'w' in "western". HappyWith (talk) 22:51, 17 June 2023 (UTC)


 * Oppose the raids are already covered in their respective articles; perhaps if they continue to occur a split would be warranted but this serves as a nice overview article at the moment. On a separate note, would 'airstrikes' be the correct title for the artillery/drone attacks? Not an expert on the terminology but you typically hear airstrikes being carried out by aircraft but I could be mistaken about its scope. Yeoutie (talk) 01:38, 6 June 2023 (UTC)
 * There are actually several minor raids that aren't covered in either article, and would be serviced by a split. That's a big part of the reason for the proposal - it gives a centralized place for the information that doesn't also include every single airstrike.
 * Addressing your second point, I believe an airstrike can refer to an attack by a drone, but you're right about the artillery point. Not sure what the right terminology would be, but I think "airstrikes" works well enough. If other editors have a better idea for terminology, let me know. HappyWith (talk) 22:50, 17 June 2023 (UTC)


 * Oppose The article is currently a short and list-like anyway. The overhaul it needs is a consolidation of all those single sentences on single attacks into a more coherent article body. However, I wouldn't be opposed to having sections on airstrikes and raids within the article then. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Cortador (talk • contribs) 11:02, 19 June 2023 (UTC)
 * The sections proposal is actually a good idea. I think I'll do that for now, since it seems like the proposal as a whole isn't gaining momentum. HappyWith (talk) 17:41, 25 June 2023 (UTC)


 * Comment - This article should probably be updated before we decide anything. There's nothing here after 30 May.
 * Charles Essie (talk) 17:23, 19 June 2023 (UTC)


 * Oppose per commenters above. Saying that, this page can be renamed to Timeline of 2022–2023 western Russia attacks. This is really a "timeline". My very best wishes (talk) 15:59, 24 July 2023 (UTC)


 * Oppose but propose to rename article 2022-2023 Ukrainian attacks on Russian territory Sgnpkd (talk) 09:14, 23 August 2023 (UTC)
 * Oppose can either be covered in the Belgorod Oblast incursions article, or are pretty irrelevant and there's few info about them (e.g. incursion at Plekhovo), the exception being the Bryansk Oblast raid which can cover any raids before the Belgorod Oblast ones. Super Dromaeosaurus (talk) 22:10, 20 September 2023 (UTC)

Requested move 24 June 2023

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The result of the move request was: No consensus. There was not a consensus on 25 June. It is now 25 July, and there has been no further discussion, despite three relists. (closed by non-admin page mover) &#123;&#123;replyto&#124;SilverLocust&#125;&#125; (talk) 09:37, 25 July 2023 (UTC)

2022–2023 western Russia attacks → Western Russia attacks (2022–present) – Brackets are preferred, per consensus in this RM. We also sidestep the issue of whether or not to capitalize "Western". 90.255.6.219 (talk) 12:39, 24 June 2023 (UTC) — Relisting. Captain Jack Sparrow (talk) 15:57, 1 July 2023 (UTC) — Relisting.  Sennecaster  ( Chat ) 00:05, 11 July 2023 (UTC)  — Relisting. EggRoll97 (talk) 07:56, 18 July 2023 (UTC)


 * If the province/oblast/whatever is named “Western Russia” then western should be capitalized, but since it’s the west of Russia it should be lowercase. The change to Present should only be if Ukraine is still attacking western Russia. CubanoBoi (talk) 17:36, 24 June 2023 (UTC)
 * @CubanoBoi Do you agree with the part about brackets though? If yes, we could consider European Russia attacks (2022–present), potentially. And yes, the attacks are ongoing. 90.255.6.219 (talk) 16:59, 25 June 2023 (UTC)
 * That RM was effectively undone by a later RM that removed the brackets and changed the article name to simply "Russian invasion of Ukraine". Besides, isn't the bracket notation supposed to be used when there are other articles with similar names, eg. "Western Russia attacks (1563–1622)"? There aren't other articles with names like that. HappyWith (talk) 17:39, 25 June 2023 (UTC)
 * @HappyWithWhatYouHaveToBeHappyWith What about simply Western Russia attacks? 90.255.6.219 (talk) 20:50, 25 June 2023 (UTC)
 * I'm honestly not sure. There have definitely been attacks in western Russia before, but they don't have articles devoted to them. I'm going to wait until an editor with more knowledge of the relevant policy and history weighs in. HappyWith (talk) 20:52, 25 June 2023 (UTC)


 * Relisting comment: There are multiple suggestions to where to move the article, but no consensus on where to move it. Focusing the conversation there may be helpful. Sennecaster  ( Chat ) 00:05, 11 July 2023 (UTC)


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 * Note: WikiProject Ukraine has been notified of this discussion. Sennecaster  ( Chat ) 00:05, 11 July 2023 (UTC)


 * Note: WikiProject Military history has been notified of this discussion. Sennecaster  ( Chat ) 00:05, 11 July 2023 (UTC)

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NPOV
This article consistently just sticks to citing Russian accounts of these events, and while it partially attributes a lot of the statements with words like "allegedly" and "reportedly", it never gives the Ukrainian or Western sides of the story - which is bizarre, considering that Russia has consistently lied far more often and contradicted itself throughout the war.

Example: When it's talking about the Bryansk oblast raid, it says [It] was reported that an Ukrainian sabotage and reconnaissance group made an incursion into Russian territory [...] The saboteurs allegedly fired into civilians, killing two adults and injuring two children, including one 11-year-old child.. There is no mention of what the legionnaires themselves said to explain what they were doing, nor their denial of killing any civilians. It repeatedly calls them "Ukrainian saboteurs", and uses very vague language like "it was reported that X" to talk about statements from notoriously unreliable Russian state media that imply that the info is instead coming from a neutral independent actor.

Not to mention, there's also a lack of attribution of a lot of extreme claims from Russian government-aligned sources in general. I would fix this myself if I had more time - and I do plan to do a little fixing later - but I'm leaving this message here for other editors who could help, since it's a pretty long article. HappyWith (talk) 20:45, 29 June 2023 (UTC)
 * Oh yes, absolutely. We have a large page Disinformation in the Russian invasion of Ukraine, and we do not want to include unconfirmed and not notable claims. I would suggest do not include alleged events unless there is a confirmation that such events did actually happen, and this is something notable, i.e. it was debated in several independent sources. For example, The governor of Russia’s Belgorod region has said that Ukraine fired cluster munitions at a village near the Ukrainian border on Friday, but that there were no casualties or damage. . How do we know this claim was true, i.e. the Ukrainian forces indeed fired cluster munitions at the village? "no casualties or damage" does sound strange. Any confirmation other than a claim by a single person? And if they did it, was it something notable, which is by definition something debated in a number of RS? My very best wishes (talk) 16:05, 24 July 2023 (UTC)
 * In a quick pass, I have no disagreements with anything that either of you said, except for use of the word "alleged". It's thoroughly proper to use the word "alleged". I'd start editing this article myself & then remove its NPOV message, but it's extended-protected. So some other time. Remover9 (talk) 18:30, 30 July 2023 (UTC)

Requested move 20 September 2023

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The result of the move request was: moved. (closed by non-admin page mover)  The Night Watch     (talk)   23:32, 27 September 2023 (UTC)

2022–2023 western Russia attacks → Attacks in Russia during the Russian invasion of Ukraine – There's no reason why this article should only cover attacks in western Russia. It makes more sense to just cover all attacks in internationally recognized Russian territory here. It's debatable whether some of the incidents in this article, like the Moscow drone attacks, are even in western Russia - the article for Moscow describes the city as being in Central Russia. This should also solve the issue with the capitalization of "western" that has been argued over on the talk page. HappyWith (talk) 22:01, 20 September 2023 (UTC)


 * Strong support per nom. "Attacks" sounds a bit informal but I can't think of a better word. "Military incidents" would not be appropriate because of for example Ukrainian drone attacks against business centers in Moscow. Super Dromaeosaurus (talk) 22:11, 20 September 2023 (UTC)
 * I understood that at least one office tower that was hit twice had military targets. —Michael Z. 18:13, 21 September 2023 (UTC)


 * Support. This is an open set of attacks that hasn’t as yet ended in 2023, and there’s no reason to exclude some attacks by restricting the scope to a vaguely defined “western Russia.” —Michael Z. 18:16, 21 September 2023 (UTC)
 * Support per above Parham wiki (talk) 18:27, 22 September 2023 (UTC)

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