{"id":1437196,"date":"2022-04-14T08:46:17","date_gmt":"2022-04-14T12:46:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1437196"},"modified":"2022-04-14T08:46:26","modified_gmt":"2022-04-14T12:46:26","slug":"belarus-claims-alleged-russian-war-crimes-were-staged-by-britain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/belarus-claims-alleged-russian-war-crimes-were-staged-by-britain\/","title":{"rendered":"Belarus Claims Alleged Russian War Crimes Were Staged by Britain"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/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%2Fbelarus-claims-alleged-russian-war-crimes-were-staged-by-britain%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=1437196&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--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/GettyImages-1152963844-640x335-1.png\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<p class=\"subheading\">Belarusian dictator Alexander Lukashenko has accused Britain of staging a \u201cpsychological operation\u201d in Bucha, Ukraine, where Russia has been accused of committing war crimes after <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/europe\/2022\/04\/03\/pics-ukraine-forces-find-bodies-littering-streets-as-russia-retreats-from-kyiv-region\/\">reports and pictures<\/a> emerged of mass graves of people allegedly killed by Russian forces.<\/p>\n<p>Appearing at the Vostochny Cosmodrome in the far Eastern Amur Oblast region of Russia, Lukashenko claimed to have provided his chief ally, Vladimir Putin, with evidence that the events in Bucha were staged by the British.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cToday we\u2019ve discussed this special operation of theirs in detail \u2013 a psychological operation staged by Englishmen,\u201d the Belarusian strongman <a href=\"https:\/\/eng.belta.by\/president\/view\/lukashenko-hands-over-intelligence-data-concerning-bucha-events-to-putin-149448-2022\/\">said<\/a> according to the state news agency Belta.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTogether with our Russian friends we have gotten to the bottom of this nasty and disgusting position of the West from the first hour to the last one,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>Lukashenko did not offer up any evidence of the claim that Bucha was staged by the UK, but said that Russia\u2019s Federal Security Service (FSB) could provide \u201caddresses, passwords, places of secret meetings, plate numbers and brands of the vehicles those people used to come to Bucha and how they did it.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>Vladimir Putin, for his part, also claimed that Bucha was staged, claiming that it was a \u201cfalse flag\u201d, comparing it to chemical weapons attacks in Syria.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cToday Aleksandr Grigoryevich [Lukashenko] gave me the documents, which were handed over to the Federal Security Service. The documents identify how, who (they have the relevant intercepts), on what vehicle came to this population center and created conditions for organizing this fake,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>Touring the site of the alleged massacre earlier this month, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky claimed that Russia had committed \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/europe\/2022\/04\/04\/zelensky-tours-site-alleged-russian-war-crimes-near-kyiv\/\">war crimes<\/a>\u201d and that it would make further peace negotiations with Putin more difficult.<\/p>\n<p>Zelensky\u2019s sentiments were <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2022\/04\/04\/joe-biden-wants-even-more-sanctions-war-criminal-vladimir-putin-this-guy-brutal\/\">echoed<\/a> by US President Joe Biden, who introduced another round of sanctions on Russia and said that Putin should face a war crimes trial over Bucha.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">With Russian forces having pulled back from their northern positions near Kyiv after encountering fierce resistance, counter-attacking Ukrainians and photo-journalists have encountered scenes of devastation <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/OapB2GdGTH\">https:\/\/t.co\/OapB2GdGTH<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Breitbart London (@BreitbartLondon) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BreitbartLondon\/status\/1510592177189097480?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 3, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B3\" class=\"a8d adSo\"><\/figure>\n<p>Russia has meanwhile <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/europe\/2022\/04\/04\/russia-categorically-rejects-war-crimes-allegations-demands-un-security-council-meeting-ap\/\">consistently maintained<\/a> that the alleged atrocities in Bucha were staged, despite widespread <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/60981238\">reports<\/a> in Western media.<\/p>\n<p>On Monday, Russia\u2019s envoy to the United Nations, Dmitry Polyansk claimed that evidence of the atrocities being manufactured is \u201cmultiplying\u201d by the day. Russia has <a href=\"https:\/\/tass.com\/politics\/1436757\">argued<\/a> that its military had withdrawn from the area when the attacks were said to have taken place.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is still being promoted as a crime, allegedly carried out by the Russian army, despite the irrefutable proofs of the staged nature of the event, which are only multiplying,\u201d Polyansk <a href=\"https:\/\/tass.com\/politics\/1436063\">told<\/a> the UN Security Council.<\/p>\n<p>The accusations from Lukashenko against the UK come amid increasingly heated rhetoric between the UK and Russia, with Britain\u2019s Armed Forces Minister James Heappey saying on Tuesday that if it was determined that Russia used chemical weapons in Mariupol, it would be \u201cbeyond the pale\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Hinting at a possible direct NATO intervention, the minister <a href=\"https:\/\/www.standard.co.uk\/news\/uk\/james-heappey-russia-mariupol-liz-truss-david-lammy-b993873.html\">said<\/a>: \u201cThe use of chemical weapons will get a response, and all options are on the table for what that response could be\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Britain has already been heavily involved in the conflict, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/europe\/2022\/04\/07\/britain-to-send-armoured-vehicles-to-ukraine-report\/\">sending billions<\/a> in arms and military vehicles to the Ukrainians.<\/p>\n<p>Prime Minister Boris Johnson \u2014 who Russia has criticised as the most <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?client=internal-element-cse&#038;cx=partner-pub-9229289037503472:6795176714&#038;q=https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/europe\/2022\/03\/25\/public-enemy-no-1-kremlin-says-uk-prime-minister-winning-the-race-to-be-anti-russian\/&#038;sa=U&#038;ved=2ahUKEwiI9_uynZH3AhXGyKQKHed3BsMQFnoECAAQAg&#038;usg=AOvVaw01h-ZVlp5QHZl55h6Ikz4o\">anti-Russian<\/a> global leader \u2014 also made a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/europe\/2022\/04\/09\/boris-johnson-makes-surprise-visit-to-kyiv-for-meeting-with-zelensky\/\">surprise visit<\/a> to meet with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky over the weekend as a \u201cshow of our unwavering support for the people of Ukraine.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">PICS: Kremlin Admits Russia Has Taken \u2018Significant\u2019 Losses in Ukraine<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/60f7ST6DHv\">https:\/\/t.co\/60f7ST6DHv<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Breitbart London (@BreitbartLondon) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BreitbartLondon\/status\/1512520661792538625?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 8, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><em><strong>Follow Kurt Zindulka on Twitter here <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KurtZindulka\">@KurtZindulka<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Belarusian dictator Alexander Lukashenko has accused Britain of staging a \u201cpsychological operation\u201d in Bucha, Ukraine, where Russia has been accused of committing war crimes after reports and pictures emerged of<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":123,"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-1437196","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\/1437196","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\/123"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1437196"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1437196\/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=1437196"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1437196"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1437196"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}