Euronews journalists' voices stolen in fake anti-Ukraine videos

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Euronews journalists' voices stolen in fake anti-Ukraine videos  A collection of doctored reports shared on a pro-Russian Telegram channel has edited the voices of genuine reporters to spread incriminating false information about Ukrainian refugees.  READ MORE : http://www.euronews.com/2026/01/15/euronews-journalists-voices-stolen-in-fake-anti-ukraine-videos  Subscribe to our channel. Euronews is available on Dailymotion in 12 languages

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00:00Ukrainian refugees have been wrongly blamed for the Swiss bar fire in a fake video.

00:10This looks like a standard, trustworthy Euronews report about the fire that tore through a bar

00:15in the Swiss ski resort of Grandmontana on New Year's Day, doesn't it?

00:20In reality, though, it's a manipulated video that uses a real Euronews report as a basis

00:25to spread misinformation and wrongly blame Ukrainian refugees for the blaze, which officials

00:31say killed 40 people.

00:33The fake video has spread over Russian telegram channels and has the hallmarks of being part

00:38of a propaganda campaign designed to discredit Ukrainians under the guise of legitimate news

00:43outlets.

00:44Looking at them side by side, the real Euronews report and the fake video start off in the

00:49same way, talking about the number of casualties at the Le Constellation Bar, their ages and

00:55nationalities.

00:56But things start to get questionable when the fake video mentions that the tragedy could

01:01have been the result of jealousy-driven arson.

01:04It launches an unfounded accusation against a Ukrainian refugee called Oleg Kay, who it

01:09claims allegedly started the fire after arguing with his girlfriend the day before over her

01:14involvement with other men.

01:16She supposedly died in the fire.

01:18Oleg Kay worked at Le Constellation and was familiar with its communication system, the video

01:23says.

01:24But there is absolutely no evidence for any of these claims and all of the official announcements

01:29from the Swiss authorities refute them.

01:32The only people currently under investigation for the fire are the bar's owners, French couple

01:37Jacques and Jessica Moretti, for suspected manslaughter by negligence, bodily harm by negligence

01:43and arson by negligence.

01:45They deny wrongdoing.

01:46There have been no reports of Ukrainian involvement and official numbers say that there were no Ukrainian

01:52casualties or injuries.

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