Viral ‘BBC’ Video Blaming Ukraine For Civilian Deaths Is Fake

Have you seen a viral video from the BBC suggesting a rocket assault on a railway station in Kramatorsk, Ukraine that killed 50 individuals and injured not less than 100 was really a false flag by the Ukrainian navy, and never the Russians? The video is pretend. And regardless of utilizing a BBC brand and elegance, it wasn’t made by the BBC.

“We are aware of a fake video with BBC News branding suggesting Ukraine was responsible for last week’s missile attack on Kramatorsk train station. The BBC is taking action to have the video removed,” the broadcaster mentioned in a tweet Wednesday morning.

“We urge people not to share it and to check stories on the BBC News website,” the BBC continued.

The pretend video appears like an actual BBC video, not less than aesthetically. The massive give-away that one thing isn’t fairly proper is the best way the video tries to sound authoritative whereas additionally accusing Ukraine of spreading pretend information.

“Military experts stress that Ukraine has often started using fake news to promote its position,” the outrageous textual content of the pretend video says.

The video has been unfold on Twitter by Alexander Bunin, a verified person and journalist who’s been spreading Russian propaganda ever since Russia first invaded Ukraine on Feb. 24. Bunin has despatched not less than two tweets utilizing photographs from the pretend BBC video nevertheless it’s unclear the place the video originated.

The assault on the practice station precipitated a horrific scene and Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky condemned the act, blaming Russia for the lethal assault on civilians.

“Lacking the strength and courage to stand up to us on the battlefield, they are cynically destroying the civilian population,” Zelensky mentioned. “This is an evil that has no limits. And if it is not punished, it will never stop.”

The pretend video tries to counsel {that a} Tochka-U missile on the scene means Ukraine was really chargeable for the catastrophe. The Russian navy also uses the Tochka-U missiles, so their existence close to the atrocity doesn’t prove who fired them, because the BBC factors out on its actual website.

Is it potential Ukraine inadvertently hit one among its personal practice stations? Sadly, sure. Friendly hearth occurs on a regular basis in conflicts. But the truth that somebody went to the difficulty of creating this pretend BBC video to sow doubt about who’s actually chargeable for the assault suggests Russian propagandists may very well be getting determined.

At least 4.6 million individuals have fled Ukraine, in keeping with the United Nations, with the vast majority of refugees at present in Poland. And whoever launched a rocket assault on Kramatorsk, 50 individuals are useless and dozens extra are wounded. Russia began this battle and the world watches on simply hoping Vladimir Putin will cease.