Russian propagandists call the tragedy in Bucha, which became known after Russian soldiers left the city, a provocation and compare the situation to the events in the Syrian city of Douma that took place in 2018. Propagandists claim that both in Bucha and Douma, only provocations took place, and in the case of Douma, such a provocation allegedly served as an excuse for the joint bombing of Syrian facilities by military planes and ships of the US, France and the UK. In such reports propagandists find many. seemingly common features between the events in Bucha and Duma, in particular the fact that there are only five letters in the names of both cities, transliterating them into Latin. long and complicated words". The propagandists also emphasize that the events in both cities took place at approximately the same time - in early April. But the biggest similarity, which the propagandists assure us, is that the territory controlled by "terrorists" was chosen, where it seemed possible to arrange anything without barriers. draw parallels between the war in Ukraine and Syria and find so-called similar contexts in them.