# Russia pushes false crisis actor claims about video from Bucha, Ukraine

- Link: https://www.widthness.com/russia-pushes-false-crisis-actor-claims-about-video-from-bucha-ukraine/
- Published: 2022-04-06T10:15:31-05:00
- Author: Curated by Theresa Wysocki

Image caption: Russian agencies and officials posted false claims about a video captured from Bucha, Ukraine, on social media. PolitiFact. Article by Bill McCarthy. PolitiFact – April 4, 2022. If Your Time is short The Russian Ministry of Defense and other top Russian officials claimed that a video of a car driving through Ukraine showed two crisis actors playing the role of dead Ukrainians in a staged massacre. On Telegram and Twitter, they claimed that the video showed one person moving their arm, and another person seen in the car’s mirror sitting up. The video does not show a person raising an arm as the car drives by; it shows a mark floating across the car’s windshield — perhaps a drop of water or a speck of dirt. The video does not show someone sitting up after the car drives by; it shows a stationary corpse through the lens of the car’s passenger-side mirror, which has distorting effects. […] Click here to view original web page at www.politifact.com Related articles: Russia’s Bucha “Facts” Versus the Evidence – Bellingcat Fact Check: Russia Claims Massacre in Bucha ‘Staged’ by Ukraine – Newsweek Russian media campaign falsely claims Bucha deaths are fakes – The Seattle Times   Curated by Theresa Wysocki See Full Bio