On February 25th, the Facebook user “Beka Vardosanidze” published a post claiming that the tank that ran over a car in Ukraine was not Russian but Ukrainian, which lost control due to a technical malfunction. To prove his point, Vardosanidze argues that the Russian tanks usually move in columns, while the tank shown in the video was moving alone.
The information disseminated by Vardosanidze is false. In fact, the infantry fighting car that ran over the vehicle belonged to Russia and had a group of Russian saboteurs and spies on board.
The videos published by Beka Vardosanidze were shot in Obolon, north of the capital Kyiv. The above-mentioned disinformation, which links the crimes committed by the Russian war machines to the Ukrainian army, was disseminated on Russian telegram channels. The information was analyzed by StopFake, a Ukrainian fact-checking organization.
The videos published by Beka Vardosanidze were shot in Obolon, north of the capital Kyiv. The above-mentioned disinformation, which links the crimes committed by the Russian war machines to the Ukrainian army, was disseminated on Russian telegram channels. The information was analyzed by StopFake, a Ukrainian fact-checking organization.
StopFake clarified that a photo showing a man in a damaged car has been circulating on Kremlin Telegram channels, claiming that the war crime was committed by a Ukrainian combat vehicle and Ukrainian fighters. Telegram channels provide evidence similar to Beka Vardosanidze’s argument that Russian military equipment has not yet entered the capital Kyiv and, consequently, civilians are being attacked by Ukrainian fighters.
According to StopFake, the infantry fighting vehicle is actually Russian and had a group of Russian saboteurs and spies in it.
It is noteworthy that the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine reported that a group of enemy saboteurs and spies were present in Obolon. The ministry warned the citizens about the movement of armoured vehicles and asked them not to remain indoors.
Later on, the Ukrainian Armed Forces reported the destruction of a subversive group in Obolon.
For more information about the local stream of disinformation around the Russia-Ukrainian conflict, see the following materials:
- The Photo from 2014 Used to Illustrate the Siege of Kharkiv during the 2022 War
- A Video of the 2020 Russian Parade is Used to Falsely Illustrate the Attack on Ukraine
- The Video from 2016 Disseminated with a False Description in the Context of the Ukrainian War
- The Alleged Video of the Mariupol Bombing Disseminated with a False Description
- Pro-Kremlin “Alt-Info” Shows Footage of Chemical Warehouse Explosion in China while Talking about the Russia-Ukraine War
- Instead of the Russia-Ukraine War, the Video Depicts Scenes from the Video Game “War Thunder”
- Disinformation About the Entry of the Russian Fleet and the Aerial Forces in Odessa
- U.S. Military Aid to Ukraine in 2022 or Brighton Pride in 2005?
- Did Joe Biden Unfollow Putin on Twitter?
- Information about the Death of Georgian Fighters in Ukraine is Disseminated without Indicating the Date
- 2017 Video of “NewsFront” Is Used to Illustrate the 2022 War in Ukraine
- Maidan 2014 or Kyiv 2022? What does the Video Depict?
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