# Russia immediately called Bucha events a provocation in 2022 — MFA

https://mins.news/en/item/62578

- TASS, 2026-09-17 12:09 UTC
- World
- Original: https://tass.com/politics/2189021

> Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said Russia immediately described the 2022 Bucha events as a provocation and disinformation. She said that after what she called their falsification, Bucha became a “place of pilgrimage” for Western leaders, international organization heads and Western journalists.

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