“Live: Russia invades Ukraine”: the error of the Bloomberg agency that generated claims from the Kremlin

“Live: Russia invades Ukraine”. This was the title of the web page of the prestigious Bloomberg agency yesterday afternoon, for a few minutes. The site made a mistake in the publication, which it reported was accidental, amid tensions on the border between the two countries that generated diplomatic clashes between Moscow and the West. The North American media had to apologize publicly for the fact.

Olga Lautman, a Russian analyst, was one of the Internet users who alerted the situation through Twitter. She told the New York Post that the post alarmed her. “I entered the site and saw the latest news, but I knew it was not real because I deal with Ukraine And I’d be one of the first to knowLautman noted. “It’s strange and a big mistake considering this is a potential full-scale invasion and everyone is on edge,” commented the Russian analyst.

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From the Kremlin they also had words this Saturday to refer to the error made by the Bloomberg publication. According to the TASS Russian News Agency, Russian presidential spokesman Dimitri Peskov said that “it was hardly a provocation, there is no need to exaggerate,” adding that the agency apologized for the mistake, although he did comment that “this situation makes it clear how dangerous such tensions are, which have been triggered by aggressive statements daily that we continue to hear from Washington, European capitals and London.

A member of the Ukrainian Territorial Defense Forces, which are volunteer units of the Armed Forces, trains near Kiev, Ukraine. (Photo: AP /Efrem Lukatsky).

“It is these statements, the deployment of troops near our borders and the daily activities. Bombing Ukraine with weapons leads to these tensions, and any spark is dangerous in the midst of tensions,” he added.

Dmitry Peskov, spokesman for the Kremlin, referred to Bloomberg’s mistake. (GETTY IMAGES).

Bloomberg, for its part, issued a statement on its website. “We prepare headlines for many scenarios and the headline ‘Russia invades Ukraine’ was published by mistake around 16 ET today on our website. We deeply regret the mistake. The title was removed and we are investigating the cause.”

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Source: Elcomercio