At the end of December 2022, Internet users distributed a picture of a boy who "survived the Russian artillery attack." We checked whether such a description of this photo is correct.
On the evening of December 26, the Verkhovna Rada deputy Lesya Vasilenko wrote On Twitter: “The most sad: in Ukraine there are no more children, only small people with very adults, even old eyes, somewhat tired of their life.” A photograph presented by the Parliamentation was attached to the tweet, which was seen in less than a day, presented by the parliamentarian: “Mark, eight years, had just experienced a Russian artillery attack.” With the same description, the photograph was published in Facebook*, Telegram and other social networks.
By data The UN, from February 24 to December 26, 2022, at least 429 children became victims of hostilities in Ukraine, another 800 were injured. The UN Committee on Human Rights in its report emphasizes that "real figures are much higher, since receiving information from some areas where intensive hostilities were conducted, and many messages are still awaiting confirmation." In mid -December "BBC News Ukraine" with reference to local authorities Reportedthat at least 1128 Ukrainian children have become orphans since the beginning of a full -scale invasion.
At the same time, a photograph of an eight -year -old brand is precisely as a victim of Russian shelling, like found out The factor from India Today is not the first to appear on the Internet. For example, back in mid -April it Published Instagram*-count @orthodox_wisdom with the signature “So many pain in these little eyes! God, protect these children, put the end of this unnecessary ruthless war! ” The post also contained the hashtags #UKRaine and #UKRainewar.
However, this picture has nothing to do with the events of the last ten months. Back in 2013, the photo was posted on cover Spanish -speaking edition of the novel Christine McCanna The Misremebered Man. Moreover, as established by our Indian colleagues, this picture of the crying boy is even older - back in March 2012 Placed Flickr user (now the page is not available).
At the same time, to call Vasilenko the first to claim that the photo depicts an eight -year -old Mark from Ukraine, who suffered from Russian missile shelling, is a mistake. For example, 17 hours before the deputy, a picture Published Another Twitter user, she seems to Irish Vinnitsa and posts several dozen, and sometimes hundreds of tweets per day. The blogger attributes the following words to the child from the photo: “I'm not afraid to die, because I obey my mother and help her more often than I indulge. Therefore, I will go to paradise. <...> I think that paradise is like Ukraine, in which there is no war and where there is no Russia. ”
Thus, the photograph used in Twita Vasilenko and the publications of other Internet users does not depict a boy who suffered during the Russian missile strike in Ukraine. Although it was not possible to determine the place of shooting exactly, it is reliably known that this picture was taken at least ten years ago and has nothing to do with military operations in Ukraine in 2022. Already after the first refutations, Vasilenko deleted Twit about an eight -year brand.
*Russian authorities They think Meta Platforms Inc., which owns social networks Facebook and Instagram, an extremist organization, its activities in Russia are prohibited.
Photo on the cover: Twitter
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