Telesur reports that the bodies in the video footage, when examined by a human rights veteran from Donbas, show evidence of being older than claimed. The condition of the blood and the skin show that the victims died earlier, when Ukrainians troops occupied the area. This report supports the Russian claim that the Bucha videos were made by the Ukrainians themselves at a town called Moschun.

The defense spokesman, Major General Igor Konashénkov, said that “on the afternoon of April 4, the troops of the 72 information and psychological operations center carried out in the town of Moschun, 23 kilometers northwest of kyiv, another staging filming civilians allegedly killed by Russian forces and then broadcast the video in Western media.

Konashenkov added that the Ukrainian security services are making similar setups these days in Sumi, Konotop and other cities.

The village of Moschún, with less than a thousand inhabitants, is located in the same district as Bucha, the scene of the alleged massacre of hundreds of civilians that the Russian Defense Ministry describes as a “staged montage” to discredit Russia.

Moschun was one of the towns that Ukraine was supposed to have taken back from the Russians around March 24.