Ukraine refutes fake Russian propaganda video with doctor at site of Russian attack on Okhmatdyt Children’s Hospital in Kyiv – video
Pravda Ukraine
Russian Telegram channels are spreading a video of a “Ukrainian police officer” supposedly spraying artificial blood on a doctor from the Okhmatdyt Children’s Hospital, which was severely damaged by a missile attack on 8 July. The doctor in question is a real person who was helping the civilians injured in the Russian attack.
Source: Ukraine’s Centre for Countering Disinformation (CCD), which refutes the video as a fake and denies the attempts by Russian propagandists to present the video as genuine
“Having verified the information with the National Police of Ukraine, the Centre announces that this video is a staged work by Russian propagandists,” the CCD said.
Experts have analysed the video and found several facts to prove it was staged.
First of all, the uniform and shoes of the “police officer” and the “doctor” are perfectly clean. However, those who worked at the site of the attack had their clothes covered in dust.
Secondly, in the video, the “National Police officer” does not have a belt system – a weapon, a holster, a radio, a first aid kit, etc – and a helmet cover. Additionally, the placement of the badge with the National Police symbols violates the uniform regulations.
Experts also paid attention to the footwear: The “law enforcement officer” was wearing boots. However, Ukrainian police officers have been wearing special sneakers for some time now.
The “doctor” himself also aroused suspicion in the CCD.
“The hair of the ‘doctor’ in the video by Russian propagandists resembles a wig by all visual signs. The clothes’ materials in reality and the video are entirely different. In addition, the uniform of a real doctor has a horizontal seam on the back, while the Russian actor’s uniform does not,” the CCD said.
Background:
- It should be noted that the doctor in question is a real person – Oleh Holubchenko, a paediatric surgeon from Okhmatdyt. The man was wearing blood-stained scrubs while helping the survivors at the site of the Russian attack on the children’s hospital.
- His wife, Olena Holubchenko-Bilinska, in a comment to Ukrainska Pravda. Zhyttia confirmed that Holubchenko had suffered a contusion and back injury due to the shock wave.
- The Okhmatdyt Children’s Hospital has partially resumed its work. Some of the buildings that suffered the greatest damage are beyond repair.
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