Title: | No, this video doesn’t show Ukrainian soldiers ‘giving up without a fight’ |
URL: | https://observers.france24.com/en/europe/20230731-debunked-ukrainian-soldiers-surrendering-en-masse-prisoner-exchange |
Publisher: | France 24 |
Date published: | July 31, 2023 |
Description: | Pro-Russian social media accounts have been widely sharing a video that they claim shows Ukrainian soldiers surrendering to the Russian army en masse. The video, however, actually shows a prisoner swap between the Russian state-funded paramilitary group, the Wagner Group, and the Ukrainian army in May 2023. |
No, this video doesn’t show Ukrainian soldiers ‘giving up without a fight’
Pro-Russian social media accounts have been widely sharing a video that they claim shows Ukrainian soldiers surrendering to the Russian army en masse. The video, however, actually shows a prisoner swap between the Russian state-funded paramilitary group, the Wagner Group, and the Ukrainian army in May 2023.