The Kremlin’s press service has edited a video of a meeting between Vladimir Putin and the residents of Mariupol. A woman’s scream of “It’s all not true! It’s all for show!” was heard in the original footage, but was cut out of the edited version. The original version has been available on the Kremlin website since March 19 and was distributed by state media. Putin’s visit to the annexed Mariupol on the night of March 18 was reported by the press service of the President of the Russian Federation, with Dmitry Peskov claiming that the trip was spontaneous. During the visit, Putin visited the new Nevsky microdistrict, where a local resident said, “This is a small piece of paradise we have here” and “We are praying for you.” However, a woman’s scream was also heard in the video, but it’s unclear exactly what she shouted. Journalists noted that the microdistrict is “virtually the only one rebuilt” in the ruined city.
The press service of the Kremlin has remounted video from a meeting between Vladimir Putin and the residents of Mariupol, where a woman’s cry was heard behind the scenes: “It’s all not true! It’s all for show!”
How noticed telegram channel “We can explain”, a fragment with a scream was cut out of the plot. The original version has been available on the Kremlin website since March 19 and distributed by state media.
The press service of the President of the Russian Federation reported that Putin visited the annexed Mariupol on the evening of March 18 – on the night of March 19. Dmitry Peskov arguedthat the program of the trip was “spontaneous”.
Among other things, Putin visited the new Nevsky microdistrict, where local residents talked to him. In particular, one of them, in a video distributed by the Kremlin, said: “This is a small piece of paradise we have here” and “We are praying for you.”
At the same time, a woman’s scream was heard in the video. It is difficult to make out what exactly the woman shouted out, but after that, the people who accompanied Putin began to turn around and show signs to each other.
Journalists called the microdistrict visited by Putin is “virtually the only one rebuilt” in the ruined city.
The decision to edit out a woman’s cry of “It’s all not true! It’s all for show!” from a video of Putin’s visit to Mariupol has caused controversy. The edited version was released by the Kremlin and distributed by state media, while the original version, including the cry, has been available on the Kremlin website since March 19. Journalists have pointed out that the Nevsky microdistrict, one of the areas visited by Putin, is “virtually the only one rebuilt” in the devastated city. These events raise important questions about media manipulation and the true situation in Mariupol.