Disturbing Videos Show Indian Students Fleeing Ukraine Brutally Beaten By Forces At Borders

[Percy]

What the hell?

"A video allegedly shot by a student shows Indians sitting on a road, reportedly at the Ukraine-Poland border. In the video, border forces are seen kicking and harassing Indian students. Some posts also suggest that African students were also beaten and kicked by the forces at national borders."

"Many students Ukraine-Poland border have sent out videos alleging that Ukrainian soldiers and police are forcing them back into Ukraine from the border of Poland by firing in the air and attempting to drive their cars into the crowd. "

https://www.indiatimes.com/news/india/indians-students-fleeing-ukraine-brutally-beaten-by-forces-at-borders-563156.html

[Ferrets are Cool]

1. WTH indeed.

[ck4829]

2. Take with a grain of salt

https://www.google.com/amp/s/mediabiasfactcheck.com/india-times-bias-rating/%3famp=1

[Percy]

5. It's all over the Indian press! Nigeria is getting involved too.

I'm looking at BBC news now and see the same ...

[Happy Hoosier]

6. I've seen a TON of Pro-Putin posters from India and Nigeria on Twitter.

At least they CLAIM to be from India and Nigeria.

Putin is doing his best to activate his troll army.

Make no mistake, Eastern Europe suffers from some racism problems. But they will take isolated incidents and low them up into a wedge issue to try and delegitimize the UKR government and foment support for Putin.

DO NOT LET THEM DO IT.

[obamanut2012]

14. Modi

[KS Toronado]

19. Clicked on your link, redirected me to.....

?fit=180%2C180&ssl=1

Nothing there but their logo

[Percy]

28. Strange. I don't have that alert.

I looked up the story and see the BBC is covering it too. I posted links a few posts down.

[KS Toronado]

32. I had responded to ck4829's post

their link gave a totally blank page with just a logo.

[Duncanpup]

3. Racism is everywhere

[Hortensis]

37. Yes, it is; and so are disinfo and button-pushing agitprop.

[milestogo]

4. I saw a tweet this morning from 2 african students that were evacuated to Poland

with no problems

[halfulglas]

7. Check where the original info coming from. It may more disinformation to sow doubt.

We should be concerned but do not take at face value. Tik-Tok has lots of disinformation.

[Percy]

30. After someone above pointed out the source was questionable ...

I looked for a more reputable source and found the BBC is covering the story too. There are links to the BBC article and BBC twitter I posted below for someone else who was doubting the story.

This is truly heartbraking. These are college students!

[peggysue2]

8. We sure this is true?

The Russians have been losing the messaging war, badly. What better way to start turning Western sentiment than showing images of racist violence against refugees and/or sparking division among our allies?

Color me suspicious. Because disinformation is something the Russians have proven themselves experts at; they know exactly what pressure points to push.

[Effete Snob]

9. India is siding with Russia

The students should stay put, and not take up resources for victims of the conflict.

[LisaL]

10. Given as how they are in the Ukraine,

and Ukraine is at war, I presume staying put is not the best option for them.

[Effete Snob]

11. Not Poland's problem

India can work out a deal with Russia and let Russia take them in.

[LisaL]

13. So you are suggesting Poland should only accept

ethnic Ukrainians? And how on Earth can you say students are not the victims of the conflict?

[Effete Snob]

18. I'm not running Poland

They can accept whomever they want. Nationals of Russian allies in this conflict are bottom of the list, apparently. Oh well, sucks to be them.

[LisaL]

20. Well I presume you are not running anything.

But that is neither here nor there.

[TheProle]

34. India is staying neutral

that might be a distinction without a difference to you, but they are not "siding with Russia."

[uponit7771]

35. That's still bad right now and Modi supports Putler

[TheProle]

36. It's not good

But it's no reason for Indian students to be abused or disallowed to evacuate.

[uponit7771]

38. +1

[malaise]

12. Same thing happened to Nigerians, South Africans and others.

23 Jamaicans had all sorts of racist crap thrown at them before they walked nine hours to Poland. They were trying to leave by bus or train There are racists fascists in Ukraine as well.

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/ukraine-refugees-racism-russia-invasion-b2024175.html

Scores of African migrants in Ukraine are being blocked from fleeing to safety as Russian attacks continue to devastate the country, those trying to make border crossings have told The Independent.

Black people living in the region say they have been left to languish, with some taking to Twitter in recent days to share accounts of abandonment.

[WhiskeyGrinder]

15. Some refugees are more "worthy" than others.

[58Sunliner]

16. This twitter account is a pro-Russian acct.

They actively criticize Ukraine. I have no idea what is really happening. It looks like people are being dragged out of a position from sitting on the ground in the traffic area. You have no way of knowing where this is happening, if it wasn't staged, or who those people actually are. You should remove this post.

[Percy]

21. from the BBC

I'm all for finding the truth and facts in this dangerous situation. Treating college kids this way because they are Indian or from Africa is horrific and can not be condoned -- if that's what's going on.

The videos are from the scene and are horrific.

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-60552271

Link to tweet

[58Sunliner]

22. Another video which only shows a picture and no context. Lots of people were waiting to board.

All I see is a group of people who are upset. That's it. No abuse. For all I know they don't have visas or passports to enter wherever that train is going to. And the govt specifically said that women and children were prioritized. Not men 18-60. I saw a post where the Nigerian govt put out a notice asking it's citizens to use certain train stations only. Is it true? Let me just post it and then it will be.

[Percy]

27. You asked for a reputable source and I gave it: two links to BBC coverage

In addition to describing the events, there are multiple videos, including the one where Indian students are being physically assaulted at the border, shots are fired, and the kids are screaming.

And another video piece with the Southeast Asia BBC producer discussing the situation.

What you do with the information is your choice, of course.

[58Sunliner]

42. The BBC said they may have been examples of people not allowed to board.

I am ashamed that the BBC did not bother to prove the circumstances. Bad journalism. There is still no context. I have seen several videos of people trying to just cross into a foreign country without going through the border patrol. You know if I did that during war time I would expect to risk getting shot. And I am a white middle aged woman. I would not expect to be treated fairly if I went to a train station that was prioritized for women and children if I were a male 18-60. But again I have no context, just a lot of hyperbole.

[jalan48]

17. Soccer matches in Ukraine have had a number of racist incidents involving fans with black and

Brazilian players. I'm not going to post the articles but info can be found by searching the internet. Things aren't always as black and white as we want them to be.

[greenjar_01]

23. That's true of pretty much every single country in Europe

[jalan48]

24. Yes, I know England has had problems with skin heads. I think it points to the bigger problem of

support for right wing authoritarianism spreading all over the world.

[greenjar_01]

26. Every country in Europe

Italy and probably Serbia have been the worst for football. Russia is a horror for racist supporters as well.

[Baitball Blogger]

25. Prejudice is not an American invention.

[lpbk2713]

29. Good way to make pro-Russian guerillas.

Proceed at your own risk.

[Percy]

33. Yeah I know.

Mistreating kids like this is a story that will reach deep. On top of it there were shots fired so the kids were terrified and traumatized. The memory will last a long time.

[HipChick]

31. Racism is global...Jamaican Students too..

[Percy]

40. Yes, I just read about that in the Independent.

It's truly appalling. I'm so sick of racist bs. It's infuriating and so disappointing.

[Brainfodder]

41. Should have left way the hell sooner, not DURING obvious conflict?

Doubting it as distraction/propaganda angling BS any way.

But emails!!!!