DISINFO: Fascist spirit in Europe behind Ukrainian soldiers burning the Koran
SUMMARY
Ukrainian soldiers burned the Koran as a result of the fascist spirit's alliance with the right-wing in Europe. There will be no reaction from the West because Ukraine is a line of defence for the future of Western liberalism.
RESPONSE
This claim is based on a video alleging that Ukrainian soldiers engaged in the act of burning the Koran.
The Center for Strategic Communications investigated this case and determined that the video was staged. As experts explain, it contains errors in pronunciation and an “unhidden Russian accent”. Experts quoted the phrase of one of the heroes of the video, which sounds like this: “Guys, you can’t set the fire”. The Center for Strategic Communications is sure that the Russian military independently filmed a video, tearing up the Koran and passing it off as the actions of the Ukrainian armed forces.
Said Ismagilov, the Mufti of UMMA — the Spiritual Administration of Ukraine's Muslims, also slammed Russia for spreading fake news about Ukrainian soldiers desecrating the Koran and argued that, unlike Russia's army, Ukraine's military respects "the spiritual choice of each soldier."
"They aimed to provoke outrage among the Muslim world in Ukraine with the actions of alleged Ukrainian soldiers. But just like any other propagandistic news, this video is clueless"
Russian state media has a track record for broadcasting manifestly false, emotionally charged material to stoke anger. See our article on this topic: Lighting fire to emotions with lies.
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