The Russian fake “Ukraine transfers Western weapons to Hamas” continues to live and multiply
The Russian propaganda machine continues to generate fakes about Ukraine allegedly supplying Western weapons to Hamas. The Russians have engaged in the generation of this nonsense almost in unison with the terrorist attack on southern Israel and continue to generate various video plots in which Hamas, demonstrating Western models of weapons, thanks Ukraine for these supplies.
The last video that was shown to us by the film company “Dyatly pictures” showed anti-tank weapons such as AT4 and NLAW neatly laid out on the floor. In the background, someone was reciting surahs in Arabic and thanking Ukraine for the transferred weapons. Unfortunately, such cheap and incompetent fakes from “Dyatla pictures” will soon be relayed to the West, in particular, through the resources of Trumpists and various politicians, parties, journalists and publications paid by Russia. And therefore, it is still necessary to analyze this video in more detail.
The first thing that catches your eye is that almost all the weapons shown in the video are firearms. This is clearly visible, especially NLAW.
The same applies to other samples of weapons, where traces of use are clearly visible – from tape wound on the case to spent charges. I wonder if terrorists even know why tape is wound on AT4?
Actually, if Ukraine supplied Hamas with used AT4 and NLAW, then that is great! Earned on rams.
The second moment. Some modest video. However, if it was filmed by Hamas, bravura songs about the eternal fight to the last drop of blood would be playing in the background, and in every corner of the screen there would be logos of the Hamas movement and their sponsors. Hamas even passes videos from mobile phones through its editorial office and publishes them with full identification of the “producer”. Pathos and puns from Hamas are even more important than what is shown in the video.
The third. If Hamas has AT4s and NLAWs, why haven’t we seen them in use since October 7th?
Baboons mostly run around with RPG-7s with homemade tandem shots. They have been using these grenade launchers for two and a half weeks now and no AT4s and NLAWs have been seen there. Again, I draw your attention to the fact that at least half of the grenade launchers in the video are shot. It can be assumed that the terrorists shot them at the IDF, but where are these pompous videos?
Actually, “Dyatly pictures” – sit down, two.
But now let’s find out how long it will take from the spread of this fake in Russia before it emerges in the West and through whom exactly it will emerge. Another trigger? So.
And let me remind you that Russia has always resorted to attempts to discredit Ukraine in matters of arms. The most striking example is the year 2019, when a fake began to spread about Ukraine’s alleged sale of Varta-novator armored vehicles to the Syrian dictator Bashar Assad. Then I analyzed this fake in detail in the material “Varta self-propelled ballistic missile in Syria or another hybrid attempt to discredit Ukraine.”
Then the Russians got so confused that they collected a cheap copy of “Varta-novator” from scrap metal and sticks in Syria and passed it off as Ukrainian supplies to the bloody dictator in order to discredit Kyiv in the eyes of its partners, thereby stopping aid to Ukraine.
And that’s why restless hacks won’t calm down. And I wouldn’t be surprised if Russia gives Hamas some samples of trophy weapons captured in Ukraine to bolster its fakes.
Military and political columnist Oleksandr Kovalenko