No, this photo of intact windows in Bucha doesn’t prove the war in Ukraine is a hoax

The destruction in Bucha due to Russia invading Ukraine has been well-documented through news reports and photos. An image of overturned cars next to a building with intact windows doesn't disprove that. Photographer Emanuele Satolli, who took photos at the same scene pictured in the Instagram post, told the Greek fact-checking outlet Ellinika Hoaxes that he "met several citizens and everyone told me that the cars had been overturned by Russian tanks." Plenty of other photos Abd shot in Bucha show shattered windows, rubble from devastated buildings, streets in ruins, and human corpses ' all the real toll of a real war. Claims that the war in Ukraine is fake are inaccurate and ridiculous. That's our definition of Pants on Fire.
Title: No, this photo of intact windows in Bucha doesn’t prove the war in Ukraine is a hoax
URL: https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/apr/27/viral-image/no-photo-intact-windows-bucha-doesnt-prove-war-ukr/
Publisher: PolitiFact
Date published: April 27, 2022
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The destruction in Bucha due to Russia invading Ukraine has been well-documented through news reports and photos. An image of overturned cars next to a building with intact windows doesn’t disprove that.

Photographer Emanuele Satolli, who took photos at the same scene pictured in the Instagram post, told the Greek fact-checking outlet Ellinika Hoaxes that he “met several citizens and everyone told me that the cars had been overturned by Russian tanks.”

Plenty of other photos Abd shot in Bucha show shattered windows, rubble from devastated buildings, streets in ruins, and human corpses ‘ all the real toll of a real war.

Claims that the war in Ukraine is fake are inaccurate and ridiculous. That’s our definition of Pants on Fire.

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