Social media and Russian sites are actively reposting a video which allegedly shows a separatist being buried alive in Ukraine. Russian Defense Ministry television station Zvezda announces: A video has appeared on the web showing unknown persons in camouflage presumably executing a DNR (Donetsk People’s republic) or LNR (Luhansk People’s Republic) militant on Ukrainian territory.”
The video Zvezda refers to first appeared on YouTube on June 20, 2016 but was later removed because it violated Youtube’s terms of service.
Someone calling himself Igor Vannishev was the first to post this video to the Russian social media site site VKontakte. The account had no other postings and was subsequently frozen.
The video was also posted on a YouTube channel called Na varti spokoyu (Peace watch) where it was the only video. However, in a few hours the site was blocked and the video removed.
The British tabloid the Daily Mail featured this story using screen shots from the video as did the Iran’s official international news network Press TV.
Upon closer examination, the video appears to be spliced together, some footage is clear, some blurry. The difference in quality between various frames is apparent and makes one wonder how the footage was filmed. It is also unclear who the men are or that they are in fact Ukrainian military as they are not wearing Ukrainian uniforms or obvious insignia.
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