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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
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Amanda Meade

ABC defends broadcasting Russia-Ukraine war documentary after ambassador calls it ‘bowl of vomit’

Documentary maker Sean Langan wearing a military helmet while travelling with Russian soldiers to make his film about the Russia-Ukraine war.
UK journalist Sean Langan’s documentary about the experiences of Russian soldiers behind the frontline has been criticised by some as spreading ‘gross lies’. Photograph: ITV/YouTube

The ABC has defended an international documentary about the Russia-Ukraine war screened on Four Corners after it was criticised as propaganda by the Ukrainian ambassador to Australia Vasyl Myroshnychenko.

On Monday the ABC broadcast Ukraine’s War: The Other Side, from British film-maker Sean Langan, which promised to offer a human perspective on life on the Russian frontline.

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