OREANDA-NEWS. Deputy Chairman of the Security Council of Russia Dmitry Medvedev said that the footage taken from allegedly dead civilians from Bucha in Kiev is fake. This is stated in the policy's Telegram channel.

According to Medvedev, various PR agencies and NGOs can prepare such images on a commercial basis.

"Ghost of Kyiv", an image of an aircraft, which is taken from a computer game. A drone shot down by a can of cucumbers. The “dead heroes” who surrendered to the Russian warship. Mariupol maternity hospital, now - Bucha. What unites them? These are fakes ripened in the cynical imagination of Ukrainian propaganda,” Medvedev wrote.

As the deputy chairman of the Security Council emphasized, such organizations that produce fake footage and videos are under the control of Western authorities. For such fakes, agencies and enterprises receive a lot of money, Medvedev noted.

Earlier, Medvedev spoke about Russia's position on Ukraine's intention to join the European Union.

On February 24, Russian President Vladimir Putin announced that he had decided to conduct a military special operation in Ukraine in response to a request for help from the heads of the LPR and DPR.

The decision to conduct the operation was the reason for new sanctions against Russia by the United States and its allies.