A video with smoke from the Russian embassy in Kiev is being circulated on social networks. The embassy commented

Video originally appearedprobably in the Russian public “VKontakte” “Third World War” and today it has spread through social networks and the media.

The video was filmed from the window of a neighboring building and is accompanied by a voice-over, and from the reprimand and some turns it can be assumed that the speaker is a Russian who is trying to pretend to be Ukrainian.

“This is the Russian embassy on fire. Well, how it caught fire – they burn documents. It smoked like “General Kuznetsov” (The Admiral Kuznetsov is a Russian aircraft carrier known for the plume of smoke that accompanies the ship, and fire victim in 2019. – “GORDON”). Yes, even the ensign is not visible. The last time I saw such a picture was in the 14th year. White smoke and stinks. Yeah, something else is being thrown up, the black one is already gone. Well, I don’t think they choose dad there. We continue to monitor,” the author of the video says.

When the video was recorded is unknown. By information journalist Andrei Tsaplienko, this happened yesterday, February 16.

Russian state agency TASS on February 17, the embassy said that “there is no fire, which is massively reported on social networks”, “nothing is burning.”

Russian edition Business FM the diplomatic department said that the embassy was operating normally.

In the Kiev Department of the State Service for Emergency Situations of Ukraine website “Today” reported that they had not received any complaints about a fire at the embassy of the Russian Federation. “The video posted on social networks shows that smoke is coming from the chimney. If we are called, we can come to check the facility. Of course, if they let us in,” the State Emergency Service said.

In the comments LIGA.net the State Emergency Service also noted that if there had been a fire, “everything would have burned down already,” since the video appeared relatively long ago, and suggested that the recording shows smoke from the chimney that appeared “as a result of heating the room.”