Fake#5. Head of Ukraine's military intelligence to physically liquidate 3 mln Crimea citizens
Fake date 24.05.2023
Expecting a Ukrainian counteroffensive, pro-Russian war propaganda continues to mount tension in the media. According to propaganda, the Ukrainian authorities are going to physically liquidate three million disloyal residents of the territories returned under Ukrainian control. It was claimed on the air of the program "Objective" of the Belarusian state TV channel ONT, and it followed another sabotage on the railway in Crimea on May 18.
As proof, on May 24, state media showed an excerpt from an interview with the head of Ukraine's military intelligence Kyrylo Budanov. Here are the cites:
Journalist: Where in Crimea will you go after the victory?
Budanov: To Sevastopol. Definitely, to Sevastopol. This is my hometown. I was born in Kyiv. I spend my childhood there.
Journalist: Three million not very loyal people will return...
Budanov: They are not just disloyal, but people with a modified psyche already.
Journalist: And what to do with them?
Budanov: It's very simple. Bringing to justice. And, in our opinion, such just responsibility for certain individuals for the acts they have committed can only be physical liquidation.
The Telegram channel ZhS Premium published the same video four days earlier.
In fact, it turned out that this video is a montage of various excerpts from an interview with Kyrylo Budanov on the YouTube channel “World Inside Out”.
The words about physical liquidation the Ukrainian head of intelligence said about those, who were responsible for the massacres and rapes of civilians in Bucha.
Here's how it was said in the original:
Journalist: We already know some of the faces of the people who committed horrors in Bucha, you also made them public.
Budanov: The Book of Executioners, yes, it is updated.
Journalist: Even on the GUR website, there is a section called "Enemies".
What are the future plans?
Budanov: It's very simple. Bringing to justice. And, in our opinion, such just responsibility for certain individuals for the acts they have committed can only be physical liquidation.
Next here is the real context of the message about three million disloyal people:
Journalist: In addition to the fact that three million not very loyal people will return ...
Budanov: They are not loyal, but people with a modified psyche.
This is not an ideology, but a mentality.
Journalist: And what to do with them?
Budanov: Re-education of those who are able.
Journalist: With a stick or a carrot?
Budanov: With both a stick and a carrot. One doesn't work without the other.
Consequently, the head of Ukraine's military intelligence did not say anything about the physical liquidation of Crimea citizens.
An additional discrepancy is the of Crimea citizens. It's less than three million people. According to the latest census, the population is 1.9 million.