Geolocation proves video showing soldiers harassing Russian-speaking woman is staged
By France24
05 April 2023 |
7:19 am
A video shared by everyone from prominent Russian media to official Kremlin social media accounts purports to show Ukrainian soldiers harassing a woman and her child. But open source communities' debunking of the video has prompted an unusual backtrack from some of the pro-Russian lobby. We take a closer look in this edition of Truth or Fake.
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