On the evening of 18 March, ABC's Four Corners programme aired the film "The War in Ukraine. The Other Side" by British director Sean Langan. The Ukrainian Embassy in Australia called it "the journalistic equivalent of a bowl of vomit".
"It [the film] unquestioningly repeated and aired countless blatant lies, historical distortions, racist claims and propaganda narratives emanating from the Kremlin. Inasmuch, it completely served the interests of Russia’s dictator, Putin," the Embassy said on Facebook.
It also minimised and denigrated the deaths of thousands of innocent Ukrainian men, women and children who have been killed by Russian soldiers in an illegal and brutal invasion strongly condemned by Australia and the majority of countries through the UNGA resolution in March 2022, the diplomats added.
"The Australian Broadcasting Corporation should be ashamed that it put such total garbage to air," ambassador Vasyl Miroshnychenko said. "Through the Minister for Communications, I will ask for a meeting with the Managing Director of the ABC and the Executive Producer of Four Corners to understand what process led to the airing of this pro-Putin and pro-violence propaganda piece by Australia’s national broadcaster. I will share with them the facts that the programme totally disregarded."