| Title: | The photos show scenes from a youth paramilitary camp near Kyiv in 2015 and 2017 |
| URL: | https://factcheck.afp.com/doc.afp.com.324788T |
| Publisher: | AFP |
| Date published: | March 4, 2022 |
| Description: | A series of photos of children wearing military fatigues and brandishing weapons is circulating in multiple posts online which claim they are Ukrainian children training to fight after Russia invaded Ukraine in February 2022. In fact, the pictures were taken in 2015 and 2017 at a youth paramilitary camp on the outskirts of Ukraine’s capital, Kyiv. |
The photos show scenes from a youth paramilitary camp near Kyiv in 2015 and 2017
A series of photos of children wearing military fatigues and brandishing weapons is circulating in multiple posts online which claim they are Ukrainian children training to fight after Russia invaded Ukraine in February 2022. In fact, the pictures were taken in 2015 and 2017 at a youth paramilitary camp on the outskirts of Ukraine's capital, Kyiv.
