Shocking images from Mariupol, Ukraine see the light of day. Yesterday, pro-Russian separatists hit the town with missiles. During the barrage, 30 people lost their lives while 102 were injured.
The videos uploaded on the internet show the size of the destruction while one of them actually shows the moment when a missile hits a central road. These are frightening, horrible images that depict the harsh reality of Mariupol citizens, as well as citizens from other cities in Ukraine.
We send our prayers for the citizens who were affected by the devastating attack!
But the question has to be asked why the most viral video from this morning is fake?
Or to be precise why is a 6 million views video of attacks on Mariupol actually a video of a nasty thunderstorm from January?
Video below:
Mariupol pic.twitter.com/6VokxlCAGS
— Андрей (@AndreyZhukovv) February 24, 2022
This video has 4.5 million views and is fake?
It’s from a thunderstorm in January.https://t.co/n9Jo4IWh8v
— Bad Kitty For Congress 😼🌹 (@pepesgrandma) February 24, 2022
This old footage, like January: https://t.co/b2RSeeK1Jv
— 🦍Fauzi Fadillah 🇮🇩 (@fauzifadillah96) February 24, 2022
This video was posted weeks ago on Tiktok and is NOT showing a military attack: https://t.co/kgaGb4eB93
— Kaffeesoldat (@derkaffeesoldat) February 24, 2022
Another viral video made the headlines for all the wrong reasons!
1/2 US fighter pilots have broken down this video and give it little to no confidence that it is real
They think footage is from an air show, as it's emitting a smoke trail and that Mig-29's aren't armed for that type of attack. The last rockets smoke trail is well ahead of it https://t.co/UcjRVrk1I4
— Bad Kitty For Congress 😼🌹 (@pepesgrandma) February 24, 2022
Wars are always accompanied by misinformation, which is why one should be very careful when distributing such videos. Regardless of this, attacks on Ukraine are currently taking place, there is no doubt about this.
