| Title: | Photo shows British paratrooper, not Ukrainian soldier |
| URL: | https://factcheck.afp.com/doc.afp.com.324T4AV |
| Publisher: | AFP |
| Date published: | March 9, 2022 |
| Description: | Social media posts shared after Russia invaded Ukraine claim a photo shows one of Kyiv’s soldiers crying. But the picture was taken years earlier and shows a British paratrooper at a ceremony at which he received the beret of his brother, who was killed in Afghanistan. |
Photo shows British paratrooper, not Ukrainian soldier
Social media posts shared after Russia invaded Ukraine claim a photo shows one of Kyiv's soldiers crying. But the picture was taken years earlier and shows a British paratrooper at a ceremony at which he received the beret of his brother, who was killed in Afghanistan.
