{"id":1436406,"date":"2022-04-13T21:29:41","date_gmt":"2022-04-14T01:29:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1436406"},"modified":"2022-04-13T21:30:35","modified_gmt":"2022-04-14T01:30:35","slug":"fact-check-did-bbc-news-report-that-ukraine-was-responsible-for-the-kramatorsk-train-station-attack","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fact-check-did-bbc-news-report-that-ukraine-was-responsible-for-the-kramatorsk-train-station-attack\/","title":{"rendered":"FACT CHECK: Did BBC News Report That Ukraine Was Responsible For The Kramatorsk Train Station Attack?"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">32<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ffact-check-did-bbc-news-report-that-ukraine-was-responsible-for-the-kramatorsk-train-station-attack%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1436406&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>A video\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/svetlana.dmitrieva.5\/videos\/1899594230232365\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/svetlana.dmitrieva.5\/videos\/1899594230232365&#038;source=gmail&#038;ust=1649947651023000&#038;usg=AOvVaw3ur29rNsrWQErWJrRJL6PP\">shared on Facebook<\/a> purports to show a BBC News report alleging that Ukraine was responsible for a rocket attack that killed 50 Ukrainian civilians at a railway station.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_7409578\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\">\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-7409578\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Screenshot\/Facebook<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><span><strong>Verdict: False<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>BBC News denied publishing the video featured in the post. Both sides of the ongoing conflict in Ukraine have blamed the other for the deadly attack.<\/p>\n<p><span><strong>Fact Check:\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>A missile struck the Kramatorsk railway station in the Donetsk region of Ukraine April 10, killing at least 57 citizens, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/europe\/death-toll-kramatorsk-missile-strike-rises-57-ukraine-official-says-2022-04-10\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Reuters<\/a>. Ukrainian and Russian officials have accused each other of launching the missile, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-europe-61036740\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">BBC News<\/a> reported.<\/p>\n<p>The Facebook video purportedly shows a BBC News report definitively stating Ukraine fired the missile. The 87-second video shows images from after the attack and claims a serial number found on the remains of the missile match those found on Ukrainian missiles, proving Ukraine fired the deadly projectile. The video also states that Ukraine has now turned to \u201cfake news to promote its position.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cUnbelievable! BBC de facto acknowledged that the missile strike at Kramatorsk railway station killing 55 civilians was committed by Ukraine!\u201d reads part of the post\u2019s caption.<\/p>\n<p>There is no evidence BBC published the video. No such report or video matching the one shared on Facebook appears on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/search?q=Kramatorsk&#038;page=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">BBC\u2019s website<\/a> or on the outlet\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=Kramatorsk%20(from%3ABBCWorld)&#038;src=typed_query&#038;f=top\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">verified<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=Kramatorsk%20(from%3ABBC)&#038;src=typed_query\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">social media<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/page\/163571453661989\/search\/?q=Kramatorsk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">accounts<\/a>. A video about the strike can be found on the verified BBC News <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UC16niRr50-MSBwiO3YDb3RA\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">YouTube channel<\/a>, but the report simply states that both sides of the conflict blamed the other, not that the missile was Ukrainian.<\/p>\n[embedded content]\n<p>BBC News\u2019 press team issued a <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BBCNewsPR\/status\/1514193082971037699?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">statement<\/a> on Twitter denying the outlet had published the video. <a href=\"https:\/\/checkyourfact.com\/2022\/03\/18\/fact-check-black-people-mistreatment-ukraine-conflict\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>(RELATED: Do These Photos Show Black People Being Mistreated In Ukraine?)<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">We are aware of a fake video with BBC News branding suggesting Ukraine was responsible for last week\u2019s missile attack on Kramatorsk train station. The BBC is taking action to have the video removed. We urge people not to share it and to check stories on the BBC News website.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 BBC News Press Team (@BBCNewsPR) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BBCNewsPR\/status\/1514193082971037699?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 13, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cWe are aware of a fake video with BBC News branding suggesting Ukraine was responsible for last week\u2019s missile attack on Kramatorsk train station,\u201d reads the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BBCNewsPR\/status\/1514193082971037699?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">tweet<\/a>. \u201cThe BBC is taking action to have the video removed. We urge people not to share it and to check stories on the BBC News website.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The video has been shared by pro-Russian social media accounts and Russian state television, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2022\/apr\/13\/bbc-warns-fake-video-claiming-ukraine-carried-out-kramatorsk-attack\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Guardian<\/a>. The clip may have originated on pro-Kremlin Telegram channels, the outlet reported.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A video\u00a0shared on Facebook purports to show a BBC News report alleging that Ukraine was responsible for a rocket attack that killed 50 Ukrainian civilians at a railway station.Screenshot\/FacebookVerdict: False<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":68,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1436406","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1436406","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/68"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1436406"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1436406\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1436406"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1436406"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1436406"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}