Pro-Kremlin Russian news outlets have begun pushing a phony BBC video to try to pin the blame for a deadly rocket attack in Kramatorsk on Ukrainian forces. The footage, which shows the aftermath of the strike on the Kramatorsk train station that left more than 50 fleeing Ukrainians dead over the weekend, has been heavily doctored to feature the BBC logo and the news network’s traditional overlaid text. But the text itself—riddled with style errors and awkward wording—appears to have been pulled straight from pro-Kremlin Telegram channels pushing the narrative that the missile used in the attack actually belonged to Ukraine. Several Russian news outlets began spreading the video as authentic BBC reporting on Wednesday, claiming “Western media” had confirmed the Kremlin’s version of events. Riafan.ru, an outlet that has been linked to Russia’s infamous troll factory and Vladimir Putin crony Yevgeny Prighozhin, was among those to claim the BBC had backed up Russia’s claim Ukraine was to blame for the attack.
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