{"id":182533,"date":"2022-11-02T10:46:48","date_gmt":"2022-11-02T09:46:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.idmo.it\/?p=182533"},"modified":"2023-02-15T17:00:34","modified_gmt":"2023-02-15T16:00:34","slug":"russian-disinformation-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.idmo.it\/en\/2022\/11\/02\/russian-disinformation-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Russian Foreign Ministry spread disinformation about massacres in Bucha, Izyum and Kupjans\u2019k in a long video published on Twitter"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

On the 25th of October the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) published<\/a> on Twitter a 10 minutes video allegedly debunking the Western disinformation about the massacres in Bucha, Izyum and Kupjansk, in Ukraine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It\u2019s nothing new, it\u2019s a mere collage of the Russian propaganda and disinformation<\/a> spread in the previous months.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The use of the English language, both in the video and in the tweet of the Russian MFA, indicates that those messages are targeted to Western public opinions. The consistent hammering of Russian propaganda in Europe is probably aimed to create confusion and distrust in the possibility of knowing the truth, rather than to convince European public opinions that Russia\u2019s version is the true one. If truth doesn\u2019t exist, and facts don\u2019t either, then is possible to say anything: that Russia is the victim and Ukraine the aggressor, that the war is NATO\u2019s responsibility, and so on.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bucha<\/em><\/strong> \u2013 In the video, the Russian MFA claims once again that the massacre of Bucha was staged by Ukrainian forces: the Russian forces left Bucha before there were bodies in the streets, a video of the mayor proves it, the corpses are not rotten enough, there\u2019s a video portraying Ukrainian troops displaying bodies in the streets, etc.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Many independent fact-checking organizations verified those claims (publicly available in EDMO\u2019s database<\/a>), and they are false. AFP, in particular, matched<\/a> the traditional fact-checking work with the evidence collected by its team on the ground that reached Bucha on the 2nd of April.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The images from satellites confirm<\/a> beyond any reasonable doubt that the bodies had been there for at least three weeks, when Russian forces were in control of the town.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Izjum<\/em><\/strong> \u2013 In the video, the Russian MFA claims that the dates reported on the tombs (9th of March, 2022) are proof that these couldn\u2019t be victims of Russian attacks, because they were dead long before the Russian forces entered the city.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Again, this is false. As verified<\/a> for example by Correctiv, the Russian attacks on the city, dating back to at least the 28th of February, have been clearly documented. Satellite images show changes in the forest\u2019s aspect during the Russian occupation; the bodies and the graves themselves are well documented. The date of death \u2013 the 9th of March \u2013 carved on individual wooden crosses is therefore no proof of the innocence of the Russian army in the demise of those buried in Izyum.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Kupjans\u2019k<\/em><\/strong> \u2013 In the video, the Russian MFA claims that a video showing bodies thrown in mass graves demonstrates atrocities committed by Ukrainian forces.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This is false. As verified among others by Facta news<\/a> or Open online<\/a>, the evidence produced by Russia \u2013 in particular, the metadata of the video \u2013 does not demonstrate the allegations. While on the other hand, there are credible clues that the massacre and the mass graves are the responsibility of Russia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tommaso Canetta \u2013 coordinator of EDMO\u2019s fact-checking activities<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Read also here<\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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