Did Members of Ukraine's Armed Forces Help Make This Bollywood … – Snopes.com

In Could 2023, a Bollywood-style video began going viral on Twitter and Telegram that allegedly confirmed members of the Ukrainian Armed Forces. Reverse-image search outcomes revealed that the the New York Publish additionally lined the subject.  

Feed this cringe straight into my veins. Ukraine is now producing struggle propaganda within the type of Bollywood dance movies. pic.twitter.com/5LYZdKBxwy

— Ian Miles Cheong (@stillgray) June 10, 2023

The declare was true; Not less than a portion of the folks depicted on display screen had been navy members. The video was recorded in Mykolaiv, Ukraine, and was first printed on-line on Could 20, 2023, by the YouTube account for TPK MAPT — a tv and radio community. The video was supposed as a parody of the Oscar-winning “Naatu Naatu” music from India’s “RRR” film, a controversial movie set in pre-independent India that was launched in 2022.

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Coincidentally, the unique scene in “RRR” had been shot proper outdoors the Mariinsky Palace, official residence of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, in 2021, months earlier than Russia’s invasion of the nation. Quite a few Indian information shops shared the 2023 parody video depicting members of Ukraine’s Armed Forces.

The parody confirmed a navy ceremony, with lyrics that straight referenced Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Based on English subtitles, the lyrics included phrases akin to, “There isn’t a use to barter with terrorists, as a result of terrorists solely perceive the language of drive,” and “so will Putin must again off, disguise in Kremlin, and to fuckov.” It additionally confirmed Ukrainian troopers dancing, working drones, and singing, “Russian orcs will preserve complaining, saying they’re combating NATO” and “these are just a few lame excuses.”

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The parody video’s caption on YouTube said {that a} navy orchestra, three dance teams, and the Mykolaiv Vocational Faculty of Tradition participated within the video. The Army Orchestra of the 406th separate artillery brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces Navy was seen within the recording and shared the parody video on its Fb web page. Dmytro Marchenko, the former head of one of many Armed Forces’ departments and a commander main Ukraine’s protection of Mykolaiv, was talked about within the acknowledgements, though he wasn’t depicted on display screen. Furthermore, the emblem seen on the finish of the video — a blue defend and yellow defend with an eagle — instructed that members of the navy permitted the video.

Jane Fedotova, the vice chairman of Liberal Democratic League of Ukraine, was among the many first folks to share the parody video on Twitter, writing, “In the unique scene [from ‘RRR’], the primary characters specific their protest in opposition to the British officer (colonizer) for not permitting them to fulfill with a music” and “the Ukrainian model is in opposition to the Russian Federation.” 

Військові з Миколаєва зняли пародію на пісню #NaatuNaatu з 🇮🇳 фільму “RRR”, головний саундтрек якого виграв Оскар цього року.

У оригінальній сцені гол.герої піснею виражають протест проти британського офіцера (колонізатора) за те, що він не пустив їх на зустріч. pic.twitter.com/bVbfwdjfj1

— Jane_fedotova🇺🇦 (@jane_fedotova) Could 29, 2023

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