Actor Steven Seagal is pushing pro-Russian propaganda through state media, repeating the Kremlin's point in a video posted Tuesday.
Footage shared by Russian state media shows a 70-year-old man in what appears to be the remains of a building identified asthe Olenivka Prison of Ukrainein Donetsk. It shows the actor standing, reports Insider.
At the end of July, more than 50 Ukrainian prisoners of war were killed in the context of the conflict at the facility.
But in the video, Seagal claims that his US-supplied HIMARS rocket, launched by the Ukrainian military, was responsible for the explosion.
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"This is where HIMARS was hit, killing 50 and wounding another 70," Seagal said Tuesday in a post on pro-Kremlin news site TVZVEZDA. Said in video.
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"It certainly looks like a rocket. If you look at the details like burning, it's certainly not a bomb. Not to mention the fact that it has a lot of artifacts from HIMARS in it.”
In the video, theUnder Siege star explores humanitarian relations between Russia and the United States. has been identified as a special representative of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation in charge
Since the prison was destroyed, Russia and Ukraine have tried to hold each other accountable for theattack. I've been.
In the video, the English-speaking Seagirl claims that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky ordered artillery fire to silence prison "Nazis". ing.
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"Interesting is that one of the murdered Nazis started talking a lot about Zelensky. is,” added Seagal. Not only is it a violation of the Geneva War Convention, it is also a crime against humanity.
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Zelensky was adamant that the attacks were "Russian war crimes". Bombardment of prisons to cover up the killings and torture of prisoners of war who claimed and accused Moscow.
Seagal, of Russian descent, has become increasingly linked to Russia over the years.In 2016, he was awarded a Russian passport by his President Vladimir Putin. I was. And in 2021, the self-proclaimed musicianwill formally join a political coalition that supports President Putin, seeking to accept Russia as his homeland.
In 2017, Ukraine introduced measures to ban He is ahomegrown actor who hascalled him a threat to national security.
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Seagal rose to fame as the star of many action movies in the late 1980s and early 90s. He bonded with Putin over their mutual love of martial arts, and Putin has often publicly admired Seagal.
In 2018, #MeToo became widespread in Hollywood.Sexual misconduct accusations sprang up as it was brought up, and the Los Angeles District Attorney's Office eventually dismissed two potential lawsuits against him later that year. , ruled that the statute of limitations had expired in both lawsuits.
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