This provocation was clearly conceived & carried out by Russia. It benefits the Kremlin twofold: to justify Russia's escalating aggression against Ukraine + to justify Putin's unavoidable failure to extract any meaningful concessions from Trump at the G20

This provocation was clearly conceived & carried out by Russia. It benefits the Kremlin twofold: to justify Russia's escalating aggression against Ukraine + to justify Putin's unavoidable failure to extract any meaningful concessions from Trump at the G20.https://t.co/5a7MlvxcaD

— Julia Davis (@JuliaDavisNews) November 25, 2018