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The situation in Russia and Ukraine has attracted much attention, and at this moment, the British side exposed a shocking and absurd news: the British defense minister actually video chatd with a fake "Ukrainian prime minister" for 10 minutes. How did this fake "Ukrainian prime minister" fool the British government, what was his real identity, and what did the two talk about? In this regard, public opinion has fried the pan.
(Uk. Secretary of State for Defence Wallace)
According to the Global Network, on the 17th local time, British Defense Minister Wallace announced his experience of being deceived on twitter. A few days ago, the British Ministry of Defense received a document from other departments, which presumably the Ukrainian side wanted to talk to the British side, so they arranged wallace's video call with the "Ukrainian prime minister".
According to British media sources, the video conversation between the two was conducted through "Teams" or other video conferencing, and Wallace was visiting Poland at the time. During the video call, the "Ukrainian prime minister" had a Ukrainian flag behind him, which looked very formal, and his state at that time seemed to have experienced many troubles, just like the real Ukrainian prime minister Shmegar.
(Prime Minister of Ukraine Shmeigar)
Wallace chatted with him for about 10 minutes, and the two talked about Ukraine's foreign policy. But as the other party's questions became more and more outrageous and "crazy", Wallace became suspicious. Later, the "Ukrainian prime minister" asked Wallace if he had received the materials he had sent, and Wallace could not understand what he was saying, and the other party kept mentioning some names that he had never heard, so Wallace hung up the phone.
(During Wallace's visit to Poland)
The news of the British Defence Secretary's phone call with the fake Ukrainian prime minister is incredible, especially since the two are still in a video conversation. Many people wonder, does Wallace not know what the Prime Minister of Ukraine looks like? How did the fake Ukrainian prime minister trick the British government into arranging the call? British media revealed that in order to make his identity look more real, the fake "Ukrainian prime minister" initially used false information from the Ukrainian embassy.
As for what Wallace chatted with the other party during the 10 minutes of the call, the British government naturally would not disclose it. Notably, Wallace mentioned on Twitter that the fake Ukrainian prime minister raised some "misleading questions." This shows that it was only after the other party put forward something different from the Western view that Wallace found that he had been deceived.
(UK Ministry of Defence)
In a tweet that followed, Wallace pointed the finger at Russia, claiming that the Russian side's "disinformation" and "dirty tricks" could not divert people's attention, and stressed that it was "a desperate attempt." ”
Wallace seems to be suggesting that the farce of impersonating the "Prime Minister of Ukraine" was created by russia. The British accusations are not surprising at all, in fact, no matter where the hands behind the curtain come from, Russia will become a "back cooker". On the one hand, the British government can only save face as much as possible by throwing the pot to Russia, and on the other hand, the West is trying to find Trouble for Russia.
This matter seems to be an "international joke", but it is not difficult to see a few points from it. First, since the Russian-Ukrainian conflict, Britain has always said that it "supports Ukraine", but what I did not expect was that the British Defense Minister could not even distinguish between the real and fake Ukrainian prime ministers. The so-called "plastic friendship", that is.
Second, there should be a regular channel of dialogue between the United Kingdom and Ukraine, and the fact that an impostor "Ukrainian prime minister" can make a special call with Wallace shows that the British government also believes and believes that the Ukrainian government has become very chaotic and dangerous, which is consistent with the British proposal that Ukrainian Prime Minister Zelensky "go into exile" exposed.