| Title: | Senior US military officer was not captured by Russian forces in Ukraine |
| URL: | https://factcheck.afp.com/doc.afp.com.32872JX |
| Publisher: | AFP |
| Date published: | April 14, 2022 |
| Description: | As Russian strikes pounded the besieged port city of Mariupol in Ukraine, Facebook posts shared in various languages claimed US General Roger L. Cloutier was captured by Russian forces there. However, NATO said the rumour was “completely false” and that Cloutier, who leads NATO’s Allied Land Command, had not been to Ukraine since July 2021. Cloutier was in Turkey when the false claims about his whereabouts circulated online. |
Senior US military officer was not captured by Russian forces in Ukraine
As Russian strikes pounded the besieged port city of Mariupol in Ukraine, Facebook posts shared in various languages claimed US General Roger L. Cloutier was captured by Russian forces there. However, NATO said the rumour was "completely false" and that Cloutier, who leads NATO's Allied Land Command, had not been to Ukraine since July 2021. Cloutier was in Turkey when the false claims about his whereabouts circulated online.
