To repeat from the last thread.

I praised Max Seddon’s reporting on Ukraine at Buzzfeed, but the praise was premature.

In the latest article he claims to have uncovered an Instagram account of a Russian soldier working in a Buk missile launch system on the Ukrainian territory.

He quotes the soldier thus:

“Sitting around, working on a Buk, listening to music, basically a good Sunday.”

However it’s a mistranslation. In the context “buk” is an abbreviated form of “noutbuk”, which is, of course, “notebook”. So it’s “We’re working on a laptop”, instead of “on a missile launcher”.

The hint is the “personal computer” emoji that follows the word “buk” and that can be seen on Android devices. Here’s a screenshot courtesy of Backwoods Sleuth:

The soldier’s comments under some other photos make clear that his vehicle is an APC.

This misinformation has spread like wildfire and after the inevitable refutation it will backfire, because now all the real evidence from social networks will be dismissed because of this idiocy.