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DISINFO: Members of Azov shelled the separatist controlled village of Bezimenne...
DISINFORMATION CASE DETAILS
  • Outlet: Rossia 24 (archived)*
  • Date of publication: July 02, 2017
  • Outlet language(s): Russian
  • Reported in: Issue 75
  • Countries / regions discussed: Ukraine
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Azov Battalion War in Ukraine

DISINFO: Members of Azov shelled the separatist controlled village of Bezimenne...

SUMMARY

Members of Azov shelled the separatist controlled village of Bezimenne on 9 May, Victory Day, as proven by a video of the event.

RESPONSE

All the footage in this video, including that used in Sladkov’s report, comes from a video put out by the “Azov media” YouTube channel entitled “Azov’s legendary field gun ‘Babushka’”. It was posted on 23 November 2015 (bit.ly/2tfv0QP).

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