Despite his possible role in the return of the deceased, the story was presented as a heroic act.
The American channel CNN published a story in which it states , that the return of the deceased US citizen Joshua Alan Jones, who died during the fighting in the east of Ukraine, and whose body was handed over during the last exchange of prisoners of war, was actively engaged in by two deputies of Ukraine – suspect of trying to give People's Deputy Oleksandr Trukhin and Oleksandr Kovalev bribed.
“Two deputies tirelessly tried to return his body home,” the CNN journalist declared.
In particular, Oleksandr Trukhin appears in the video, commenting on the return of the deceased, but unlike the people who receive the so-called “cargo 200”, he is not wearing a protective suit. Although he would have if he was really involved in the transfer of the body.
“I don't know specifically what was Trukhin's participation in this story, maybe his role was personally significant, through the eyes of a CNN journalist and the eyes of Americans who saw it, Trukhin looks like a real hero. In my opinion, this is an attempt to heroize People's Deputy Trukhin, who is on trial in Ukraine for giving a bribe,” says journalist Olena Tribushna in her story.
She suggests that it is possible that a campaign to save the reputation of the deputy, who are tried for bribery.
“Good things like silence, otherwise it's political PR, and this time on a really tragic story,” Tribushna emphasizes.
The journalist reminds that this is already the third an attempt by the current government to heroize a person close to the Office of the President, who is trailing by a history of corruption. One of them was Oleg Tatarov, the deputy head of the OP, who was saved from NABU, and who tried to disrupt the competition for the post of head of the SAP, to whom, in the end, they tried to attribute merits to the defense of Kyiv.
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Let us remind you that the body of an American volunteer, a veteran of the US Army, Joshua Alan Jones, who fought for Ukraine and died in a battle with the occupiers, was returned under the time of the exchange of prisoners on October 26.