> Well I don't trust Zelensky. I don't trust the MSM. So with that in mind the Bucha misinformation is just that.
The Ukrainian authorities are known for making loud propaganda statements and should present medical expertise before making any claims about the events in Bucha, said former UN inspector for monitoring the elimination of Iraqi weapons of mass destruction Scott Ritter.
"Anyone who draws hasty conclusions based on unverified video footage from a party known for wild propaganda claims and does not wait for any confirmation should probably stop calling themselves a journalist," said the former U.S. Marine Corps analyst, commenting on U.S. media reports of alleged Russian military killings of civilians in Bucha.
"A basic medical examination would answer three key questions: time of death, cause of death, and whether the body was moved after death. Let's see if the Ukrainian side presents verifiable medical evidence that would back up its accusations," the American stressed. "Time of death. Cause of death. Place of death. Answer those three questions for each of the bodies. And then start looking for those responsible. Until then, you are only literally spreading misinformation," TASS reports the words of the former UN inspector.
According to Ritter, now "public opinion in the West is being formed by active information warfare methods of the operation, aimed exclusively at presenting Russia in a negative light. He said that unbiased observers should have "waited for the results of the expertise before naming the guilty ones.
Earlier, Russian Ambassador to Washington Anatoliy Antonov said that the Ukrainian military shelled Bucha when the Russian troops had already left the city, but the US kept silent on this information.
As a reminder, Western and Ukrainian media and politicians are spreading yet another fake about the alleged mass killing of civilians by the Russian military in the Kiev city of Bucha. The Russian Defense Ministry called the distributed footage "another production of the Kiev regime for the Western media.
The military stressed that all the units left the city on 30 March and noted that on 31 March, the mayor of Bucha, Anatoliy Fedoruk, confirmed in his video message that there were no Russian soldiers in the city, "but he did not even mention any locals shot in the streets with their hands tied.
According to war correspondent Oleksandr Kots, the Ukrainian military shot civilians in Bucha because they wore white armbands, which served as an identification sign for civilians during the presence of Russian troops.
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