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2023-11-16 07:21
Satellite images show civilian deaths in Ukraine town while it was in Russian hands // Reuters
Source published on: April 5, 2022 –
April 5 (Reuters) – Satellite images taken weeks ago of the town of Bucha in Ukraine show bodies of civilians on a street, a private U.S. company said, undercutting the Russian government’s claims that Ukrainian forces caused the deaths or that the scene was staged.
Maxar Technologies provided nine images taken of Bucha on March 18, 19 and 31 to Reuters. At least four of the images appear to show bodies on one of the town’s roads, Yablonska Street. The city was occupied by Russian forces until about March 30.
2023-11-16 07:21 // Categories: Attacks on civilians, Bucha, Context, Disinformation, Fact checks / debunkings, Russia, Russian propaganda, Ukraine, and War crimes
2023-10-13 08:02
Israeli military spokesperson shuts down rumors of Ukraine weapons used by Hamas // Official Israeli statement
Source published on: October 9, 2023 –
Russian propaganda channel RT Arabic asked the Israel’s IDF spokesperson Avichay Adraee about “Ukraine providing Western weaponry to Hamas” several times.
Lt. Colonel Adraee replied: “I do not comment on such fabrications and lies.”
2023-10-13 08:02 // Categories: Aid oversight, Aid to Ukraine, Corruption, Disinformation, Fact checks / debunkings, International community, Israel, Misconceptions, Russia, Russian propaganda, and Ukraine
2023-10-13 07:58
False Claims Around Israel Attacks Include Recycled Videos and a Game Clip // New York Times
Source published on: October 12, 2023 –
“Bellingcat: Ukrainian military offensive failure and HAMAS attack linked,” opening text on the video claimed. But the BBC never published that report, and the underlying claim is unsubstantiated.
2023-10-13 07:58 // Categories: Aid oversight, Aid to Ukraine, Corruption, Disinformation, Fact checks / debunkings, International community, Israel, Misconceptions, Russia, Russian propaganda, and Ukraine
2023-10-13 07:56
BBC did not report that Ukraine is sending arms to Hamas, a video was fabricated // AP
Source published on: October 11, 2023 –
CLAIM: A video shows a BBC News report confirming Ukraine provided weapons to Hamas.
AP’S ASSESSMENT: False. The widely shared video clip is fabricated. Officials with the BBC and Bellingcat, an investigative news website that is cited in the video as the source, confirm that neither outlet has reported such a claim. Experts say there is no evidence of Hamas making such a claim, either, and say there is no reason for Ukraine to arm the militant group.
2023-10-13 07:56 // Categories: Aid oversight, Aid to Ukraine, Corruption, Disinformation, Fact checks / debunkings, Israel, Misconceptions, Russia, Russian propaganda, and Ukraine
2023-09-19 11:31
Old Italian rally photo falsely shared as ‘anti-war protest’ in Ukraine in Sept 2023 // AFP
Source published on: September 19, 2023 –
A photo of people gathering in a square has been viewed tens of thousands of times alongside a false claim it shows an anti-war protest in the Ukrainian capital Kyiv in September 2023. The photo in fact predates Russia’s ongoing invasion of Ukraine; it was taken in Turin, Italy in November 2018 and shows a rally to support the construction of a controversial train line.
2023-09-19 11:31 // Categories: Chinese propaganda, Disinformation, Fact checks / debunkings, Misconceptions, and Ukraine
2023-09-19 11:29
Fact Check: Did NATO Just Place 300,000 Troops on High Alert After a Biden Gaffe? // The Dispatch
Source published on: September 19, 2023 –
The troops were placed on alert more than a year ago, and not in response to a statement from the president.
2023-09-19 11:29 // Categories: Disinformation, Fact checks / debunkings, International community, Misconceptions, NATO, and Ukraine
2023-09-19 11:25
Putin Says Poland Wants To ‘Regain’ Western Ukraine? // Snopes
Source published on: September 19, 2023 –
Although Putin claimed that Poland wanted to “regain western territories of Ukraine,” that accusation was unsubstantiated and has never been been confirmed by any actions or declarations of Polish authorities.
2023-09-19 11:25 // Categories: Disinformation, Fact checks / debunkings, Misconceptions, Poland, Russia, Russian propaganda, and Ukraine
2023-09-19 01:04
Source published on: April 11, 2022 –
Therefore, the Kremlin’s claim that they presented a set of evidence to the UN which proves Ukraine’s crimes in Bucha is fake. That which the Russian Ambassador presented at a special press conference and the UN Security Council are impossible to be considered as “evidence.” Most of them are easily verifiable false claims and the rest is absurd allegations which are not considered as evidence in any format.
2023-09-19 01:04 // Categories: Attacks on civilians, Bucha, Disinformation, Fact checks / debunkings, Genocide, Genocide vs Ukraine (2022-), Misconceptions, Russia, Russian propaganda, Ukraine, United Nations, and War crimes
2023-09-19 12:59
Massacre in Bucha: refuting Russian propaganda fakes // Euroradio
Source published on: April 8, 2022 –
Bodies everywhere: on the roads, on the side of the road, and in makeshift mass graves. That’s how you can describe photos and videos from the Ukrainian town of Bucha, located very close to Kyiv. The images were seen by people around the world and shocked many. Russia, which was in control of the town, is trying to prove that its troops had nothing to do with it. They use the usual disinformation tactics: they launch several false theses at once in order to confuse everyone as much as possible.
Euroradio refutes Russian propagandists’ fakes about the massacre in Bucha.
2023-09-19 12:59 // Categories: Attacks on civilians, Bucha, Disinformation, Fact checks / debunkings, Genocide, Genocide vs Ukraine (2022-), Misconceptions, Russia, Russian propaganda, Ukraine, and War crimes
2023-09-19 12:57
Satellite Images Disprove Kremlin’s Claims That Bucha Massacre Was ‘Staged’ // Truth or Fiction?
Source published on: April 4, 2022 –
Claim: Images depicting a massacre in the Ukrainian city of Bucha were “staged.”
Rating: Not True
2023-09-19 12:57 // Categories: Attacks on civilians, Bucha, Disinformation, Fact checks / debunkings, Genocide, Genocide vs Ukraine (2022-), Misconceptions, Russia, Russian propaganda, Ukraine, and War crimes
2023-09-19 12:39
No, the discovery of bodies in Ukraine’s Bucha was not ‘staged’ with ‘actors’ // AFP
Source published on: April 6, 2022 –
Ukraine authorities have said bodies discovered on April 2, 2022 in the small town of Bucha were civilians killed by retreating Russian forces, allegations which Moscow has denied. Several posts shared on social networks — including from Russian authorities — have claimed that the scene was staged by Ukrainian forces and some of the so-called bodies were filmed moving. But AFP journalists on the ground confirmed they saw dead bodies that had been left for several days; footage used to support the misleading claims does not show the bodies moving, AFP’s investigation found.
2023-09-19 12:39 // Categories: Attacks on civilians, Bucha, Disinformation, Fact checks / debunkings, Genocide, Genocide vs Ukraine (2022-), Misconceptions, Russia, Russian propaganda, Ukraine, and War crimes
2023-09-19 12:32
Russia’s Bucha ‘Facts’ Versus the Evidence // Bellingcat
Source published on: April 4, 2022 –
Open source evidence exists that appears to run counter to claims of elaborate fakes and staged productions, as well as calling into question the apparent timeline of events as depicted by Russia in recent days.
2023-09-19 12:32 // Categories: Attacks on civilians, Bucha, Disinformation, Fact checks / debunkings, Genocide, Genocide vs Ukraine (2022-), Misconceptions, Russia, Russian propaganda, Ukraine, and War crimes
2023-09-19 12:29
Massacre in Bucha // Meduza
Source published on: April 7, 2022 –
On April 2, international journalists and Ukrainian military units entered Bucha, a suburb of Kyiv. The previous evening, videos showing the bodies of civilians lying on Yablonska Street had begun surfacing on Telegram, shocking people around the world. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky referred to the Russian military’s actions as genocide; U.S. President Joe Biden called them war crimes. Meanwhile, the Russian government has given a number of contradictory explanations of what happened, none of which have acknowledged Russia’s own responsibility. Meduza has collected and analyzed all of the available information about the atrocities in Bucha. Here’s what we know for sure.
2023-09-19 12:29 // Categories: Attacks on civilians, Bucha, Disinformation, Fact checks / debunkings, Genocide, Genocide vs Ukraine (2022-), Misconceptions, Russia, Russian propaganda, Ukraine, and War crimes
2023-09-19 12:20
Fact-checking Russian disinformation about Bucha’s massacre, part 2 // European Digital Media Observatory (EDMO)
Source published on: April 6, 2022 –
One of the most contested elements of this story is the timeline of events, which was presented differently by Ukrainian and Russian authorities. But while Ukraine’s version has overall been confirmed by international media – even though it did present some contradictions –, Russia’s claims have been debunked.
The Kremlin, in fact, stated that bodies were not there when its troops left Bucha, but instead they were actors placed by Ukrainians to stage the massacre and blame Russia for it. This theory has been proved to be completely false by several international media, among which the New York Times, which analyzed satellite videos and images from before and after the liberation of Bucha, showing that corpses were already there when the town was under Russian control.
2023-09-19 12:20 // Categories: Attacks on civilians, Bucha, Disinformation, Fact checks / debunkings, Genocide, Genocide vs Ukraine (2022-), Misconceptions, Russia, Russian propaganda, and Ukraine
2023-09-19 12:17
Fact-checking Russian disinformation about Bucha’s massacre // European Digital Media Observatory (EDMO)
Source published on: April 4, 2022 –
Journalists who were able to reach Bucha after the departure of the Russian troops witnessed streets lined with abandoned corpses, some of which showed signs of summary executions, such as hands tied behind their backs, and clearly visible bullet holes marking their bodies.
These pitiless reports led Ukrainian authorities and international analysts to accuse Russia of war crimes, but as soon as disturbing videos and pictures of the massacre started spreading online, Russian authorities denied the allegations, claiming that the pictures were a “provocation” and “a staged performance” organized by Ukrainian forces “for the Western media”. As already happened after the bombing of the pediatric hospital in Mariupol, Russia started a massive disinformation campaign in order to deny the massacre through the exploitation of conspiracy theories circulating online.
2023-09-19 12:17 // Categories: Attacks on civilians, Bucha, Disinformation, Fact checks / debunkings, Genocide, Genocide vs Ukraine (2022-), Misconceptions, Russia, Ukraine, and War crimes
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