Putin does have his fair share of boot lickers & worshippers on this site. IMHO though it’s way too soon to call “False Flag” or “Fake News” on this story.
Nobody here knows the 100% truth, no matter how assertive they are about their opinion.
All I know is that the Lord God of Heaven is calling the shots and He called this very alliance that Russia, Iran, and Turkey have over 2,500 years ago. What is happening now is Prophetic.
Damascus will be destroyed (Isaiah 17:1), Russia, Iran, Turkey, Libya, Sudan and their allies will be destroyed (Ezekiel 38 & 39), and Israel will rebuild their 3rd Temple after the dust is settled.
I call it fake news and false flags by the same globalists who want to turn the Christian US and Europe into Muslim mecca.