This information was spread in October by pro-Russian media and propaganda telegram channels. As evidence, they cite a photograph of BBC correspondent Jeremy Bowen wearing a helmet and flak jacket with the words 'The Press' written on it and a microphone in his hands as he lies on the ground, with a mound and branches behind him. Propagandists assure that it was a staged video shoot because a woman with bags appears in the frame instead of fighting and shells.

In fact, this image is a screenshot from Jeremy Bowen's TV report on March 6, 2022. He talks about how residents of Irpen are evacuating from the war zone under massive shelling by Russian troops. In this video, you can see how the woman and other people in the frame were also forced to sit or lie on the ground after hearing a loud explosion nearby.

After propagandists spread the word that the BBC video was allegedly staged, journalist Jeremy Bowen categorically denied the allegations. "The allegations are completely fake, #fakenews. Insult me ​​if you want. However, don't insult the thousands of civilians running across the Irpin Bridge to Kyiv from Russian shelling and war crimes," the journalist wrote on his Twitter.

The purpose of such fakes is to cause distrust in foreign journalists who show Russian crimes to the whole world and thus try to show that the Russian occupiers allegedly do not shoot at civilians and do not pose a threat to Ukrainian cities and villages.