ITV chiefs accused of being 'Putin's propagandists' ahead of documentary on Ukraine from Russian perspective
Russian soldiers spoke to a UK film maker for the first time since the war began. In a new documentary airing next week Filmmaker Sean Langan travels to eastern Ukraine to investigate a hidden side of the conflict.

ITV under fire for making documentary about Ukraine war from the Russian side - as critics warn film will 'give oxygen to Putin's propagandists'
1hr 50mins special, Ukraine's War: The Other Side, will be screened tomorrow

ITV bosses are facing accusations that a new documentary on the Ukraine war will be used by 'Putin's propagandists'.

Publicity material says programme makers went on a 'journey into the Russian side of the war in Eastern Ukraine' to report on what is 'almost exclusively a hidden and otherwise inaccessible side of this conflict'.

The 1hr 50mins special, Ukraine's War: The Other Side, will be screened on ITV1 tomorrow night. It was made by Sean Langan, who was accompanied by a fixer from Russia's foreign ministry during filming.

Last night, critics said ITV should not be showing the film just days after the death of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny. They also warned that clips from the documentary are likely to be used by supporters of the Moscow regime in their social media war against the West.

In the documentary, Mr Langan is repeatedly told by interviewees - both civilians and soldiers - that Russia wants to get rid of the 'Nazi' government in Kyiv.

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