| Title: | Undamaged windows are not evidence of staged Ukraine violence |
| URL: | https://factcheck.afp.com/doc.afp.com.329J3JW |
| Publisher: | AFP |
| Date published: | May 6, 2022 |
| Description: | Social media posts claim a photo shows cars damaged by a Russian bomb near a building with intact windows in Bucha, suggesting it proves violence in the Ukrainian town was staged. But there is no evidence of a strike near the building, and residents said military vehicles were used to upend the cars — accounts confirmed by media reports and other images from the town. |
Undamaged windows are not evidence of staged Ukraine violence
Social media posts claim a photo shows cars damaged by a Russian bomb near a building with intact windows in Bucha, suggesting it proves violence in the Ukrainian town was staged. But there is no evidence of a strike near the building, and residents said military vehicles were used to upend the cars -- accounts confirmed by media reports and other images from the town.
