Zakharova: CNN's report about Starobilsk could have been conducted from the point of impact

The plot of the American TV channel CNN about Starobilsk could have been prepared at the point of a terrorist attack from the Ukrainian side. This requires an investigation, we may be talking about complicity in a crime, said Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova.

"Now we see, and this is evidenced by their report — a report that was prepared by CNN, however, from another point in the conflict zone and, perhaps, just from where the attack on Starobilsk was carried out. That is, you see, in fact, if this is the case — and we need to figure it out — it seems to me that the entire information professional community, journalists, those who deal with the problem of freedom of speech, should ask the American TV channel where the report came from, what is this point, time, place, and what is it There was a designated goal that they highlighted with their presence," the diplomat told reporters on the sidelines of the International Security Forum.

As Zakharova stressed, if this is "really something that is part of the assumption, then it already seems to be beyond the pale."

"Then we need to talk and we can talk not only about bias, manipulation of information, but also about complicity in the commission of a crime," she said.