FAKE: Ukrainian commando group crossed the Russian border in Rostov region
Ukraine haven't trespassed Russian border and didn't send commandos or APS's across the border
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Photo shows Syrian child, not victim of Russia’s Ukraine invasion
Social media posts claim a photo of a wounded child shows a victim of Russia's invasion of Ukraine. This is false; the picture is from 2018 and was taken in Syria.
Photo does not show Japanese ambassador staying to fight in Ukraine
Social media posts claim a photo of a man in samurai regalia shows Japan's ambassador to Ukraine, saying he chose to stay and fight invading Russian forces. This is false; the image pictures Ukraine's ambassador to Japan, who tweeted it prior to the invasion.
Video does not show ‘Russian jets over Ukraine’ — it has circulated in old posts about air show rehearsal
A video of military planes flying in formation over residential buildings has been viewed hundreds of thousands of times in posts that claim it shows Russian fighter jets entering neighbouring Ukraine in February 2022. The posts circulated online within hours of Russian President Vladimir Putin unleashing a full-scale ground invasion and air assault on Ukraine. The footage, however, has been shared in a false context. It has circulated since at least 2020 in social media posts about rehearsals for a Victory Day air show in Russia.
This video shows an explosion in Beirut in 2020, not Russian strikes on Ukraine in 2022
After Russian President Vladimir Putin launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine, dramatic footage of a huge explosion was viewed tens of thousands of times in social media posts that claimed it shows buildings destroyed by Russian air strikes. In fact, the video shows a deadly blast that ripped through the Lebanese capital Beirut in August 2020.
FAKE: Ukrainian military destroyed a Russian border post in Rostov Oblast
Ukrainians did not shoot at the Russian border checkpoint.
FAKE: Soldiers of the 57th separate motorized infantry brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine gave up their weapons and joined the ‘Luhansk People’s Republic’
The Ground Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine have denied this information. The Ukrainian military did not put down their weapons and did not side with the Luhansk People's Republic.
FAKE: The DPR (Donetsk People’s Republic) militants repulsed attack by Ukrainian saboteurs near Horlivka – video
Reports of a sabotage near Horlivka are a provocation spread by the DPR and Russia.
Via verifying the video metadata, we found out that it had been taken beforehand.
A process of verifying on the Metadata2go resource showed that the video had been created on February 8, 2022. And the militants published it as an evidence of the sabotage on February 18. That is to say, that the provocation has been prepared earlier.