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More unsubstantiated claims from Bellingcat. Remember that video he "found on youtube" that showed a Russian BUK driving through the streets on East Ukraine ?
by Bendingo 8y ago
More unsubstantiated claims from Bellingcat.
Remember that video he "found on youtube" that showed a Russian BUK driving through the streets on East Ukraine ?
Well, it turns out it was composited from a video of the street, overlaid with an image of the BUK carrier. [1]
Higgins is a fraud and a liar.
It's amazing that HN (which I'd always considered a forum for serious, thoughtful and intelligent people) would give credence to anything this guy says.
[1] https://sputniknews.com/russia/201809171068089638-russia-boeing-mh-17/ https://sputniknews.com/russia/201809171068089638-russia-boe...
[2] https://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2018/09/17/world/europe/ap-eu-russia-mh17.html https://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2018/09/17/world/europe/ap-...
[3] https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-news/malaysia-airlines-flight-mh17-russia-13258734 https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-news/malaysia-airlines-f...
- meowface 8y agoCould you elaborate and provide some evidence? The sources you linked don't seem to be related to the claims you're making.
- gandhium 8y agoI think he's relating to infamous briefing, where Russian DoD presented quite a lot of fakes trying to shift the blame to Ukraine. One of the fakes were exactly that claim - that the video with Russian Buk was a fake.