The Kremlin propaganda machine is resorting to more and more primitive ways to lie to Ukrainians and at the same time deceive the Russian audience. In particular, the propagandists distributed a video in which funds are allegedly being collected for the support of the Armed Forces in Lutsk to a Russian chanson. However, the original video features a Ukrainian song, and it was not filmed in Lutsk at all. Details are given below.
Manipulation
The video published by the propaganda channels shows a woman who sings the song “Hop, Musorok” (the authors of the song are a Ukrainian-phobic group that openly supported the aggression of the Russian Federation, by the way), a table covered with a blue-yellow flag, with boxes on it for fundraising Listeners also get into the footage.
“Under the Russian chanson in Lutsk, they collect money for the Armed Forces of Ukraine. Because the Russian repertoire is more popular”, propagandists claim in the original language in the description under the video. http://surl.li/vckvnc
However, in fact, the original video was shot in the center of Ternopil during a charity concert in support of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. Volunteers raised funds for drones for the military. This was reported by the local site http://surl.li/qnsjhe
And in their Telegram channel, the journalists also published the same video from the concert that the Russians used for their fake. http://surl.li/eabjpv
In the video, honored artist of pop art of Ukraine, co-organizer and host of the event Iryna Demchuk sings the song “Ukrainka, I’m a Ukrainian”.
The propagandists simply superimposed an excerpt from a Russian song on the original sound.
CONCLUSIONS
In Lutsk, they don’t collect money for the Armed Forces to songs of Russian chanson. The video, which is distributed by propagandists, was shot in Ternopil. And there, at the concert, a Ukrainian song was played.
By spreading such posts, agitprop tries to show that Ukrainians actually listen to Russian songs, and music is outside of politics.
In addition, propagandists promote the narrative of “great Russian culture” in this way, but it is difficult to define songs about “garbage” – they are already “culture” or “art”.