Deputy Head of the Presidential Administration, Press Secretary of the President of the Russian Federation Dmitry Peskov. File photoBLAGOVESCHENSK, Apr 12 In response to reports of civilian deaths in Bucha, Russian Presidential Press Secretary Dmitry Peskov said that the Kremlin is not responding to a provocation with fakes, but is telling the truth. «We do not respond with fakes , we are telling the truth,» Peskov told reporters.The Foreign Ministry called EU support for the cynical provocation of Kyiv in Bucha blasphemy Earlier, Ukrainian authorities and the media distributed a video allegedly filmed in the city of Bucha, where the bodies of the dead lie on the road. Many Internet users questioned the credibility of Kyiv's accusations against Moscow, noting that there was no blood near the bodies on the ground, and some of the dead had white armbands on their sleeves and could have been killed by Ukrainian security forces or territorial defense. Also, users noticed that the “dead” move their hands, and when looking in the rear-view mirror of the operator’s car, it seems that one of the “dead” changes position as soon as the car passes by. The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation previously stated that all photos published by the Kiev regime and video materials allegedly testifying to the «crimes» of the Russian military in the city of Bucha, Kiev region, are another provocation. As noted in the military department, during the time this settlement was under the control of the Russian Armed Forces, not a single local resident suffered from any violent actions. The ministry noted that all Russian units completely left Bucha on March 30, and exits from the city in the northern direction were not blocked, while the southern outskirts, including residential areas, were shelled by Ukrainian troops around the clock from large-caliber artillery, tanks and multiple launch rocket systems. Russia launched a military operation in Ukraine on February 24. President Vladimir Putin called its goal «the protection of people who have been subjected to genocide by the Kiev regime for eight years.» For this, according to him, it is planned to carry out «demilitarization and denazification of Ukraine.» According to the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation, the Armed Forces strike only at the military infrastructure and Ukrainian troops, and as of March 25, they have completed the main tasks of the first stage — they have significantly reduced the combat potential of Ukraine. The main goal in the Russian military department was called the liberation of Donbass.
