Fact-check: Viral mannequin video does not prove Bucha killings were staged

[rpannier]

A viral video of a mannequin has falsely claimed to show proof that the killing of civilians in the Ukrainian town of Bucha were staged.

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A Euronews investigation has found that the footage was not filmed in Ukraine, but was actually from a Russian television set near St. Petersburg.

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The video first appeared on Telegram alongside the caption “this is how the AFU [Armed Forces of Ukraine] prepares their staged videos".

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The mannequin was being used for a simulation scene, where it falls from several stories onto a black car. The same vehicle is visible in the misleading, viral video.

"That's us in Vsevolozhsk, shooting the fall from the window for our show on March 20th, and that's our stunt director and his assistant getting Albertik ready for filming," Nadezhda wrote on Facebook.

https://www.euronews.com/my-europe/2022/04/08/fact-check-viral-mannequin-video-does-not-prove-bucha-killings-were-staged

[texasfiddler]

1. Factcheck: Viral Mannequin video proves Russians create fake videos to distort reality.

To me a more accurate headline.

[2naSalit]

4. +1

[Brainfodder]

2. They know about satellite images?

[OAITW r.2.0]

3. First class Propaganda, right there.

Amazing what you can stage to keep your population ignorant.