Fakes about what is happening in Ukraine

We collected cases when Internet users misunderstood the video, used old photos and videos under the guise of relevant or when the parties to the conflict spoke directly opposite things.

The tank crushed the car

Video with a tank that crushed a civilian car on Kyiv Street in the morning Reposted In social networks, including adviser to the Tikhanovsky Franak Vyachorka and Scottish deputy Stuart McDonald. In the video, it is noticeable that when the car is approaching, the tank sharply turns in his direction and presses the car. Initially, they wrote in social networks that this is a Russian tank, and the attack looked like an unmotivated act of aggression against civilians.

The armored vehicle in the frame is apparently not quite a tank, but a anti-aircraft missile system "Strela-10". This is the same incident in Obolon, the residential area of ​​Kyiv, Converted and from others angles. And they can see that this is part of the battle on the city street. Conflict Intelligence Team dismantled These videos. According to their conclusions, the Russian military changed into the form of Ukrainians and on their technique went towards Kyiv. In particular, the Russian Ural-4320 is visible. The military jumps out of it, there is a shootout, they die. “These are the ones that have changed”, ” They say Above the bodies in Ukrainian military uniform.

On the same day, Deputy Minister of Defense of Ukraine Anna Maryar Reported On their Facebook, the Russians tried to break into the center of Kyiv under the guise of Ukrainian military, followed by a column of trucks. However, they were stopped. During this shootout, Strela-10 and run on a civilian car.

Conflict Intelligence Team suggest that the military could not cope with the management, dispersing to the navalized street. In any case, it is clear that the collision happened in a combat situation, under fire, and not just the crew of the armored vehicle decided to kill a peaceful man. By the way, judging by others video, the civilian driver survived: the local residents get him, alive, from the crushed car. And the next day, February 26, information appeared from the Ukrainian side that there was no change into someone else's form at all. And the civilian car was crushed by their own Ukrainians.

“Information about the movement of the enemy VRGs on the cars of the Armed Forces of the Armed Forces in Kyiv is not true. The crew is identified - all of ours " - reported Press Secretary of the “Servants of the People” faction in the Verkhovna Rada Julia Paliychuk. This is the party of Zelensky.

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"They shoot at home"

This video became viral on the first day of the war. The video is removed from the window, military helicopters are visible on it. Video, in particular, distributed Mikhail Khodorkovsky with the signature "They shoot at home." This phrase is saying a child in a crying voice behind the video scenes, seeing that bright sparks fly out of the helicopters flying over residential buildings.

The child did not understand that the video does not capture shells, but heat traps. Their military aircraft is thrown out to “deceive” enemy missiles. In other accounts publishing videos, his accompany An explanation that these are traps, not shells. Heat traps Aircraft and helicopters Shooting even with indicative performances in parades and AviationsWhen thousands of people are watching the performance from the Earth.

However, although this video does not demonstrate the attack of the Russian military on Ukrainian residential quarters, there are other evidence of such attacks. Amnesty International accused Russia is that as a result of its attacks, civilians die and that Russian statements about high -precision weapons, which hit only by military infrastructure, is not true.

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Russian flag on the administration building

Photos of people using the ladder of the Russian flag on the building, in social networks accompany The signature "The Russian flag was raised in Kharkov."

In fact, a reverse search for pictures shows that this photo appeared in the media back in March 2014. Then “polite people” began to appear in the Crimea in the form without identification marks, which, as subsequently Recognized Putin himself was the Russian military. And in Kharkov, as in other cities in the east of Ukraine, that spring they really hoisted the Russian tricolor to the building of the regional administration. This is or very similar photos from the same angle accompanied This news in 2014.

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Snake Island Defenders died

On the second day of the Russian invasion, the official representative of the Russian Ministry of Defense General Igor Konashenkov reportedthat in the area of ​​the island of the snake surrendered 82 Ukrainian military. Journalists of the Russian The Insider Surprised The wording “In the area of ​​the island of Zmein”: the island is located in the Black Sea, between Ukraine and Romania.

At the same time, the video was dispersed through the media and social networks: the Russian warship for audio communications offers Ukrainian border guards to surrender, threatening a bomb group blow. “Russian warship, go to ***,” - Answer Ukrainians. There is a video that Filmed Border guards when approaching the Russian ship.

Ukrainian Ministry of the Interior reportedthat the whole garrison on snake consisted of 13 people and all of them died as a result of a rocket-artillery blow. President Zelensky He promisedthat they all posthumously receive the title of Hero of Ukraine. Moreover, the Russian side Continues To talk about the fate of the people allegedly surrendered "in the area of ​​Zmein" 82 military: on February 26 it was reported that they were brought to Sevastopol and provided with rations of food.

Addition 28/02/2022: There was new information about the fate of Ukrainian border guards from the island of Zmein. Ukrainian side RecognizedThat the military are alive, they are in Russian captivity. "We are very glad to find out that our brothers are alive and healthy!" - reported On the page of the naval forces of Ukraine on Facebook.

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False air raid 

Video, showing fighter -flying links, spread on Twitter with an English -language signature: "About 7 in the morning here, and that’s what everyone hears now ... My heart is breaking."

BBC found outthat this is a video of 2020, capturing the flight of aircraft in front of a parade, on which the sound of a siren, notifying the air raid.

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Parachutists over Kharkov 

Another video is supposedly captured The landing of a military landing near Kharkov. In fact, this is an old video - for the first time it appeared In the Russian segment of the Internet in 2016.

The author of the video - on Twitter his name is Vasily Belov - and he himself noticed that his video is distributed in social networks with fake signature. “I see a video from my tweet of 2016, the landing of the Airborne Forces near Rostov, in many foreign publics, even on our resources, they are presented for Kharkov now,” - wrote He, accompanying the text of Emoji with Facepalm. 

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Unexploded shells or steps missiles?

On February 25, a photo from Kharkov began to appear on the Web with something like shells: they stuck in asphalt and even Flew To someone in the apartment. “The shell did not explode,” the Internet users signed the photo.

But military experts suggest that this is not a shell itself, but a step that the rocket discards during the flight. So, for example, experts believe Conflict Intelligence Team: they identified in strange objects part of the Smerch missiles, which are in service with Russia. The founder of the Bellingcat publication Elliot Higgins also He called it Objects in the photographs "Motors of Rockets". “They are usually associated with the use of cassette ammunition, which causes concern about the use of cassette ammunition in civilian areas,” he wrote.

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Photo on the cover: Ratynsky Vyacheslav / UNIAN

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