| Title: | Old photo shared in posts claiming ‘Russian flag was raised in Kharkiv’ |
| URL: | https://factcheck.afp.com/doc.afp.com.32427BX |
| Publisher: | AFP |
| Date published: | March 4, 2022 |
| Description: | As Russia pressed on with its invasion of Ukraine, a photo of a Russian flag being raised at a building in Kharkiv, Ukraine’s second-largest city, circulated in social media posts that claimed it had “fallen”. However, the photo was shared in a misleading context; the original photo — taken by Reuters news agency — is from a pro-Russian protest in 2014. As of March 2, 2022, fighting was ongoing in Kharkiv after heavy shelling. |
Old photo shared in posts claiming ‘Russian flag was raised in Kharkiv’
As Russia pressed on with its invasion of Ukraine, a photo of a Russian flag being raised at a building in Kharkiv, Ukraine's second-largest city, circulated in social media posts that claimed it had "fallen". However, the photo was shared in a misleading context; the original photo -- taken by Reuters news agency -- is from a pro-Russian protest in 2014. As of March 2, 2022, fighting was ongoing in Kharkiv after heavy shelling.
