A touching photograph spreads on social networks, which shows a boy walking around the neck in the water and holding a puppy above his head. It is reported that the picture was taken after the breakthrough of the dam at the Kakhovskaya hydroelectric power station. We decided to check the veracity of this image.
Picture Especially active Dispersing V Facebook* - It has already been placed on their pages dozens of users, one of the most popular publications At the time of writing this analysis, there were 289 reposts. Also a photo Published Unian agency in its Telegram channel, where it scored 320,000 views. Self -shaped and users are divided Twitter.
On June 6, at about two in the morning, the upper part of the dam Kakhovskaya fell upon. President of Ukraine Vladimir Zelensky accused Russia "in the separation of the structures of hydroelectric power stations from the inside." The Kremlin, in turn, Explains Destruction of the dams of sabotage associated with the "unsuccessful counterattack of the Armed Forces of Ukraine." In the field of flooding, by data The Russian BBC service turned out to be at least 30 settlements on both shores of the Dnieper. By words Assigned by Russia, the mayor of Vladimir Leontyev, the National Park was flooded in New Kakhovka, thousands of animals were killed. Also in New Kakhovka, the Tale Dubrava Zoo was seriously injured, while part of the animals succeeded Save. In social networks And Media appeared many Photo and Video protestsLike people Save their pets.
If you make a reverse search for the image of a boy with a puppy, it turns out that the photograph was taken long before the breakthrough of the dam on the Dnieper. According to the service Tineye, the first publication of this picture dates from April 1, 2013, when it appeared On the site Jokesland.net.ru in the form of a demotivator with the signature "Without words ... Dyn yourself, but help out a comrade."
Subsequently, the photo regularly appeared on various entertainment sites and in social networks both in the form of a demotivator, and just like Touching illustration.
In 2014, this image was used in publications about the flood in Bosnia and Herzegovin. Local blogger He wrote: “The big heart of a little boy who does not know how to lie showed us all, what we should be, how we should help those who need help, how we should understand those who are different, whether it is wealth, skin color or religion.”
Thus, the picture appeared on the Internet ten years before the disaster at the Kakhovskaya hydroelectric power station and has nothing to do with it. Unfortunately, the photograph was taken to reliably determine where and under what circumstances were taken.
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*Russian authorities They think Meta Platforms Inc., which owns the social network Facebook, an extremist organization, its activities in Russia are prohibited.
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