Russia’s propaganda organ RT is disseminating a report claiming that Ukrainians are traveling to the self-proclaimed Donetsk People’s Republic from Ukraine controlled Donbas territories for free medical treatment. The report claims that it is difficult to obtain medical care in Ukraine, particularly free care, which is readily available in separatist controlled territories. Website screenshot rt.com The myth of free medical care in the self-proclaimed republics has been debunked more than once; social media is rife with local residents complaining about the high costs of care and medicines and having to actually pay for care. RT’s three minute story opens with an unnamed doctor from Donetsk talking about the launch of a humanitarian medical aid program aimed at “reuniting the people of Donbas”. 24 patients are on the waiting list for the program. Two patients with blotted out faces attest that they came to the occupied territories for treatment because in Ukraine “you will not be
Kilde: Fake: Ukrainians Travel to Separatist Occupied Territory for Medical Treatment