Russians plan "press tour" of Mariupol for Kremlin propaganda-mongers - intelligence
Alena Mazurenko - Wednesday, 27 April 2022, 18:54
On 28 April the Russian occupiers are planning to hold a propaganda "press tour" of the city of Mariupol, which they have devastated, for "journalists" who are loyal to the Russians.
Source: Main Intelligence Directorate
Quote: "Preparations are underway in the devastated city of Mariupol for a large-scale political provocation in an attempt to attract certain Western journalists. To this end, the Russian Defence Ministry is planning a so-called ‘press tour’ for sympathetic foreign media representatives on 28 April.
The ‘journalists’ will travel to Ukraine via Rostov, Russia."
Details: Ukrainian intelligence officers said that the programme for the propaganda-mongers’ event will include "alternative facts" about the defence of Mariupol.
For example, specially coached "witnesses" will describe how Ukrainian defenders supposedly bombed the city and killed local residents themselves.
To support this version of events, trained provocateurs will be presented as "eyewitnesses" who will talk about the mythical "mass murder of civilians by the Ukrainian military".
Quote: "This event is a natural extension of the Russian policy of creating fake news to justify Putin’s death squads and shift the blame for their crimes onto the Ukrainians themselves. The old stories like "Yarosh’s business card" and "the crucified boy" [infamous anti-Ukrainian fake news] are being turned into "the self-destruction of Bucha and Mariupol".
