In the plot shots are shown with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyi, V.Zaluzhn and Kh.Grozev. There is also a comment in which it is reported that V. Zalužnas promised to leave the country and withdraw from politics, and for that he allegedly received 53 million. dollar “compensation”.
Screenshot / V. Zalužn is being tried to be blackmailed by a fake BBC news story
The entire spoof takes place in English and features the BBC logo, as well as signs mimicking the media giant’s signature style.
Video for the first time shown almost 200 thousand on the Telegram channel “Military columnist” (rus. Military observer).
This is one of the channels of the so-called war correspondents established at the beginning of the war, which constantly spreads disinformation about Ukrainian military operations, as well as other lies.
photo from A. Jermak’s Telegram channel/Volodymyrs Zelenskis (left), Andrijus Jermaks and Valerijus Zalužnas
Soon after, in the Russian media began to spread publicationsbased on a widespread forgery.
“The former commander of the armed forces of Ukraine V. Zaluzhn, in addition to the post of ambassador to the United Kingdom, received 53 million. dollars for refusing to fight for the post of president of Ukraine. It was announced by the BBC”, – quoted a fictitious lie allegedly spread by the British public broadcaster.
Also, this information began to spread „Facebook“ tinkle.
Made up news
Indeed, the BBC has never published such reports.
In the article about the appointment of V. Zaluzhno as ambassador to the United Kingdom, published on the BBC website, there is no information about the multimillion-dollar “rewards” allegedly received by the former commander-in-chief of the Ukrainian Armed Forces.
It should also be noted that the distributed video does not comply with the rules of the BBC’s graphic identity. brandbook) indicated rules – the wrong font is used, there are no graphic elements that are mandatory for this broadcaster records share on social media, no video sources indicated.
This is not the first time an attempt has been made to imitate a news recording by the British national broadcaster.
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Photo by 123RF.com/BBC
The lie was denied
Investigative journalism expert Ch. Grozev spread these fakes on his social network X (formerly Twitter) account denial:
“Russian intelligence continues to produce cheap fakes (without deep deepfake), simulating real media.
This time it’s a poorly scripted BBC video Kremlin a speech in which it is stated that I allegedly found out that V. Zalužnas received a bribe. I don’t know what it’s for, it’s so poorly done.”
AFP/”Scanpix” photo/Christo Grozevas
Driving a wedge between V. Zelenskis and V. Zalužno
The motives of the creators of this forgery are unknown. However, it is logical to assume that it was created by Russian propaganda in order to incite contradictions in Ukrainian society and create a negative image of both V. Zelensky and V. Zaluzhno.
V. Zaluzhn is very popular in Ukraine. At the time of his resignation, the trust rating in the Ukrainian society, one of the polls data, was 94 percent. (for comparison, V. Zelenskii’s rating was 64 percent).
Such high support infuriates the Russians, who constantly try to discredit the Ukrainian leadership.
Read more: The conflict between V. Zelenskii and V. Zaluzhno has exploded: what can this end for Ukraine?
photo from the personal album/Volodymyras Zelenskis and Valerijus Zaluzhnas
It is clear that the video, based on which the Russian media and its propagandists and supporters have released a whole stream of news on social networks, is a deliberately staged fake.
15min verdict: lie. The BBC report about the alleged bribe received by V. Zalužno is a fake.
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2024-04-13 20:41:41