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DISINFO: The Soviet Army only fired blank shots during the events...
DISINFORMATION CASE DETAILS
  • Outlet: Rubaltic.ru (archived)*
  • Date of publication: October 07, 2016
  • Outlet language(s): Russian
  • Reported in: Issue 43
  • Countries / regions discussed: USSR, Lithuania
Tags:
Historical revisionism

DISINFO: The Soviet Army only fired blank shots during the events...

SUMMARY

The Soviet Army only fired blank shots during the events around the Vilnius TV tower in January 1991, and then-head of the Lithuanian Parliament should be blamed for any civilian deaths.

RESPONSE

During the Lithuanian fight for independence from the Soviet Union, Soviet troops fired on civilians outside the television tower in Vilnius, killing and injuring civilians. nyti.ms/2dzrCcp, bbc.in/2dA3kzH,

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