Russia Today, Vladimir Putin’s state media arm, published a story today decrying the purported mass exodus of Ukrainians back to Russia. Twitter users and journalists on scene smacked down the propaganda.
Russia cites 'humanitarian crisis' in #Crimea, claims 675,000 fled to #Russia. But no sign here of refugees, hungry or injured. Propaganda.
— Lindsey Hilsum (@lindseyhilsum) March 2, 2014
Sigh. Now @RT_com has claimed that 675,000 refugees have "flooded" from Ukraine into Russia.
— Daniel Sandford (@BBCDanielS) March 2, 2014
Last night, it was more than “140,000.” Now, it’s 675,000.
At Russia's Federation Council now: "humanitarian catastrophe in Ukraine w/ more that 140K fled the country". what? pic.twitter.com/Z06AjPhG8a
— Maksym Eristavi (@MaximEristavi) March 1, 2014
Propaganda fail 101.
#Ukraine: #Russia claims 675.000 refugees from Ukraine came to Russia in last 2 months. Nobody saw them. #propaganda pic.twitter.com/YQW6pBJHjd
— East of Brussels (@EastOfBrussels) March 2, 2014
https://twitter.com/Diocletianae/status/440117860699242496
LIAR! LIAR!! BUM ON FIRE.. RT @RT_com: 675,000 Ukrainians pour into #Russia as ‘humanitarian crisis’ looms http://t.co/lyfCxgLnmz #Ukraine
— Yemmi Agbebi, MBA ++ Play Your Part. Stay Apart ++ (@yagbebi) March 2, 2014
https://twitter.com/MarQs__/status/440118002403782656
https://twitter.com/alex16inlondon/status/440118235326062592
@hughster @westofworthing @RT_com and 675.000 is not peanuts. There would be queues of thousands of people everywhere in Ukraine.
— elreystaconmáscara ? (@elreystadesnudo) March 2, 2014
#Russia propaganda fail: claims 675.000 #Ukraine refugees, shows pic of German tourist bus | #putin #crimea #hitler pic.twitter.com/PsiDreY5nf
— East of Brussels (@EastOfBrussels) March 2, 2014
Zing.
https://twitter.com/_dead_s0uls/status/440127284557926401
@elreystadesnudo @RT_com Finally, Russia Today abandons its ridiculous claim to be a 'news agency' and defaults to spouting unashamed lies.
— Hughster (@hughster) March 2, 2014
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