| Title: | This video does not show dead Russian soldiers being honoured in 2022, it is from Ukraine in 2015 |
| URL: | https://factcheck.afp.com/doc.afp.com.328M39K |
| Publisher: | AFP |
| Date published: | April 28, 2022 |
| Description: | In the days after the Russian invasion of Ukraine, a video circulated online alongside the claim it showed Russian civilians honouring their soldiers killed in the conflict. However, the claim is false. The video is clipped from one posted in 2015, which says it shows Ukrainians paying their respects to soldiers who died fighting in the country’s eastern Donbas region in 2015. |
This video does not show dead Russian soldiers being honoured in 2022, it is from Ukraine in 2015
In the days after the Russian invasion of Ukraine, a video circulated online alongside the claim it showed Russian civilians honouring their soldiers killed in the conflict. However, the claim is false. The video is clipped from one posted in 2015, which says it shows Ukrainians paying their respects to soldiers who died fighting in the country's eastern Donbas region in 2015.
