Local officials withdrew the screening at the last minute, prompting relief among Ukrainian residents. The embassy thanked the commune for its principled stand.<\/p>\n
The Embassy of Ukraine in the Kingdom of Belgium announced that the planned screening of the propaganda film \u201cUkraine, Russia: Behind the Smoke Curtain\u201d in one of Brussels\u2019 districts was canceled.<\/p>\n
This is stated in the embassy\u2019s post on Facebook.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe express our sincere gratitude to the Commune of Woluwe-Saint-Pierre, its leadership, and the devoted team for their principled stance and steadfast support of Ukraine and its people\u201d<\/p>\n
\u2013 The Embassy of Ukraine in the Kingdom of Belgium<\/p>\n
\u201cfor the extraordinary solidarity shown by welcoming Ukrainian families, supporting local communities, and taking part in concrete initiatives, including cooperation with Ukrainian municipalities\u201d<\/p>\n
\u2013 The Embassy of Ukraine in the Kingdom of Belgium<\/p>\n
\u201cWe welcome this decision, which reflects a clear stance against the spread of Russian propaganda and manipulative narratives that distort the reality of Russia\u2019s military aggression against Ukraine\u201d<\/p>\n
\u2013 The Embassy of Ukraine in the Kingdom of Belgium<\/p>\n
\u201cthe ongoing solidarity demonstrated by Brussels-Capital Region municipalities in support of Ukraine and its people\u201d<\/p>\n
\u2013 The Embassy of Ukraine in the Kingdom of Belgium<\/p>\n
\u201cWe remain committed to strengthening cooperation with our Belgian partners and promoting truthful narratives about Ukraine\u201d<\/p>\n
\u2013 The Embassy of Ukraine in the Kingdom of Belgium<\/p>\n
Context and Next Steps<\/p>\n
As reported, on March 18 the Embassy of Ukraine in the Kingdom of Belgium urged Brussels\u2019 local authorities to prevent the screening of the propagandistic documentary film \u201cUkraine, Russia: Behind the Smoke Curtain\u201d.<\/p>\n
In the post, the diplomats also emphasized the importance of strengthening partnerships with Belgian regions and promoting truthful narratives about the events in Ukraine.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Local officials withdrew the screening at the last minute, prompting relief among Ukrainian residents. The embassy thanked the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":7249,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[5],"tags":[18,5229,1653,144,5230,5231,5232],"class_list":["post-7248","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-brussels","tag-brussels","tag-brussels-screening-cancelled","tag-disinformation","tag-news","tag-russian-propaganda-film","tag-ukrainian-embassy-belgium","tag-woluwe-saint-pierre"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@be\/116257483808671425","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7248","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7248"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7248\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7249"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7248"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7248"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7248"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}