| Title: | Photo from Ukraine falsely shared as aftermath of Myanmar clash |
| URL: | https://factcheck.afp.com/doc.afp.com.33U22GT |
| Publisher: | AFP |
| Date published: | September 7, 2023 |
| Description: | As anti-junta forces reportedly captured a strategic military base in southern Myanmar, a photo surfaced in Burmese posts that falsely claimed it showed a foreign woman helping rebels loot pagodas in the battlefield. The picture was actually taken in a Ukrainian town damaged by heavy Russian attacks. |
Photo from Ukraine falsely shared as aftermath of Myanmar clash
As anti-junta forces reportedly captured a strategic military base in southern Myanmar, a photo surfaced in Burmese posts that falsely claimed it showed a foreign woman helping rebels loot pagodas in the battlefield. The picture was actually taken in a Ukrainian town damaged by heavy Russian attacks.
