Title: | Picture does not show decorated officer among Russian prisoners |
URL: | https://factcheck.afp.com/doc.afp.com.32B76JC |
Publisher: | AFP |
Date published: | May 26, 2022 |
Description: | Social media users shared a photo claiming to show that a senior US military commander was among captives when Ukrainian soldiers defending the Azovstal steelworks in Mariupol surrendered to Russian troops in May. But the claim is false; retired Admiral Eric Olson confirmed to AFP that he was not in Ukraine, and the photo appeared in Russian media a month before the surrender. |
Picture does not show decorated officer among Russian prisoners
Social media users shared a photo claiming to show that a senior US military commander was among captives when Ukrainian soldiers defending the Azovstal steelworks in Mariupol surrendered to Russian troops in May. But the claim is false; retired Admiral Eric Olson confirmed to AFP that he was not in Ukraine, and the photo appeared in Russian media a month before the surrender.