sbu agents swooped on an unsuspecting borys herman. 20 hours after the murder, the sbu called what seemednce. no one expected this. babchenko was back. screaming. watching on, his colleagues at the news channel atr, who had been reporting on his death all day. translation: when i saw him i felt a huge sense of relief that he was alive. i ran outside and just lay on the grass for over an hour looking at the sky. it felt very good. translation: first, i would like to apologise for what all of you had to experience, for what you had to go through. i have buried friends and colleagues many times and i know the sickening feeling. newsrooms across the world backtracked fast. back from the dead, but the questions soon mounted. why had a self—styled truth teller agreed to play the starring role in a fake news story? translation: when they tell you someone has paid to have you killed, do you say, no, i refuse help? because it will violate the ethical standards of journalism ? if you do that people will be murdered because this network will not be exposed. go on, then, but i won't be part of it. so

sbu agents swooped on an unsuspecting borys herman. 20 hours after the murder, the sbu called what seemedonference. no one expected this. babchenko was back. screaming. watching on, his colleagues at the news channel atr, who had been reporting on his death all day. translation: when i saw him i felt a huge sense of relief that he was alive. i ran outside and just lay on the grass for over an hour looking at the sky. it felt very good. translation: first, i would like to apologise for what all of you had to experience, for what you had to go through. i have buried friends and colleagues many times and i know the sickening feeling. in particular i would like to apologise to my wife for the last two days of hell, but there was no other option. newsrooms across the world backtracked fast. the anti—kremlin journalist reported killed in ukraine is actually alive. fred joins us again from moscow with more. what is going on here, fred? it seems like a crazy turn of events. sherlock holmes faked his own death to elude his enemies and incredibly that is what happened here. russian television took

the sbu then decided to fake the murder to try to expose what it suspected was a russian plot to killt stop pretending to be dead. translation: i took off my clothes all covered in blood by then i was as cold as a stray dog. i wrapped up in a sheet like gandhi, smoking and watching the tv news about what a wonderful guy i was. all this time, his wife olga was having to keep an impossible secret. translation: i envied him because he did not have to talk to anyone. i thought he was probably in a peaceful place at this point and i was stuck in this agony. a few hours later, it was all over and babchenko made his remarkable comeback. the operation complete, ukraine's security service was quick to label it a success that had saved lives. translation: russia is using illegal methods. russia is trying to kill its opponents on foreign soil to intimidate those who are still in russia. russia denies that and joined a chorus of international disapproval for the way ukraine had played with the facts. nobody will trust ukrainians and the ukrainian government any more. but did the fake murder achie

the sbu then decided to fake the murder to try to expose what it suspected was a russian plot to kille hitman to appear. an ambulance was called and babchenko taken to the morgue, where, away from prying eyes, he could at last stop pretending to be dead. translation: i took off my clothes all covered in blood. by then i was as cold as a stray dog. i'd wrapped up in a sheet like gandhi, smoking and watching the tv news about what a wonderful guy i was. all this time, his wife 0lga was having to keep an impossible secret. translation: i envied him because he did not have to talk to anyone. i thought he was probably in a peaceful place at this point and i was stuck in this agony. a few hours later, it was all over and babchenko made his remarkable comeback. their operation complete, ukraine's security service was quick to label it a success that had saved lives. translation: russia is using illegal methods. russia is trying to kill its opponents on foreign soil to intimidate those who are still in russia. russia denies that and joined a chorus of international disapproval for the way ukr

the sbu then decided to fake the murder to try and expose what it suspected was a russian plot to killwas. all this time, his wife olga was having to keep an impossible secret. translation: i envied him because he did not have to talk to anyone. a few hours later it was all over and babchenko made his remarkable comeback. their operation complete, ukraine's security service was quick to label it a success that had saved lives. translation: russia is using illegal methods. russia is trying to kill its opponents on foreign soil to intimidate those who are still in russia. russia denies that and joined a chorus of international disapproval for the way ukraine had played with the facts. nobody will trust ukrainians and the ukrainian government any more. but did the fake murder achieve anything? the man who plotted with the fake assassin was arrested and we are told his mobile phone revealed a hit list of future targets and messages exchanged with a contact in russia. but there is so far, been no smoking gun. confused? you are not the only one, with the babchenko affair, ukraine has made it