Ukrainian students have released an emotional video calling on their Russian counterparts not to believe what Russia's state-controlled media are saying about their country. RFE/RL's Arslan Saidov and Claire Bigg has been taking a closer look.
"Check what you hear, doubt what you see."
This is the advice handed out by Ukrainian students to their counterparts in Russia via a video clip aimed at tackling what is described as rampant Kremlin propaganda.
Students from several Kyiv universities have released an emotional video urging students in Moscow not to believe what Russian state-controlled media are saying about Ukraine and Ukrainians.
Russian television has accused Ukrainian soldiers of crucifying children and described pro-European protesters in Kyiv as rabid neo-Nazis.
"A war is going on in our country. Your soldiers and our soldiers are dying in our country, civilians are dying," the clip says. "We call on you to lift the information curtain!"
"We stand on opposite sides of the barricades, and between us lie kilometers of misunderstanding," it continues. "Between us lie tales about Nazis and Ukrainian nationalists."
Kyiv student Yevheniy Melnik, the video's initiator, says Ukrainians are tired of being portrayed by the Russian media as fascists child-crucifiers bent on victimizing Russian-speakers in Ukraine.
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And here is the video in question(in Russian):