I smell the Jussie Smollet syndrome at work here...

 Why would we do this to ourselves???

Ukrainians questioned why they would want to destroy their own infrastructure, towns and farms, while noting that those have been frequent targets in the brutal Russian conduct of the war. Moscow wanted to “show they are ready to do anything” if Kyiv aggressively pursues its counteroffensive, said Roman Kostenko, chairman of the defense and intelligence committee in Ukraine’s Parliament. “They do everything to stop our counterattack.”

Let's just hope America's leaders are a bit more skeptical than when Jussie first reported he was a victim.  Science and engineering standards sure make it seems like this was an internal blast.

I suspect some thought they might be able to raise a lot of money by being further victimized in wartime.  God bless Zelensky, but he's not a traditional military man up at the front fighting with people. 

And I don't think he is being honest with his financial allies here...