Captured pro-Putin oligarch Medvedchuk was a major driving force behind Oliver Stone's...

[Tommy Carcetti]

...psuedo-"documentaries" on Ukraine, Ukraine on Fire and Revealing Ukraine.

Link to tweet

Note that Ukraine on Fire is not the same as Winter on Fire, a legitimate documentary on Netflix about the 2014 Maidan revolution in Ukraine, which was probably its intended effect. Despite this, people--even some people here at DU very recently--have attempted to pass off Ukraine on Fire as somehow being informative on the topic of Ukraine as opposed to being Kremlin sponsored disinformation.

Revealing Ukraine is essentially a walking Twitter feed comments attempting to justify Putin's 2014 proxy war in Eastern Ukraine that lead to the 2022 full scale invasion of the country.

You can read more about Medvedchuk and his involvement with Stone here"

https://www.thedailybeast.com/revealing-ukraine-oliver-stones-latest-piece-of-pro-putin-propaganda-may-be-his-most-shameless-move-yet

There's good reason for the common Ukrainian to despise Medvedchuk for reasons that date back decades. Just say the name "Vasyl Stus" and you'll get a good understanding why.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vasyl_Stus

[Swede]

1. I'm gonna read this later.

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[abqtommy]

2. The cuffs are a nice touch and I don't see any facial bruising. nt

[Whiskeytide]

3. Wait. Are you saying that ...

… Ukraine on Fire is less factual than Stone’s JFK film?

[Tommy Carcetti]

4. It could have benefited with an on-again, off-again southern accent from Kevin Costner.

That's all I'm saying.

[Whiskeytide]

5. Ha. It makes you wonder, though, if Stone feels foolish for ...

… JFK now that Q has revealed that it was a faked assassination?