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“Former Miss Ukraine Anastasiia Lenna joined the army to defend her country against the Russian troops”
Social media posts Claim dated 3 Mar 2022.
FACTLY rated thisMISLEADING

What FACTLY found

Anastasiia Lenna shared this picture of her holding a gun recently on her official Instagram handle. Later, she clarified that she had shared this picture only to inspire people. Anastasiia Lenna herself mentioned as an Airsoft player who plays with mock weapons and clarified that she had not joined Ukraine Army to fight the Russian troops

Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.

In short

This claim spread on social media around 3 March 2022. FACTLY (India) looked into it and published its finding on 4 March 2022, 1 day later. Its rating was “MISLEADING”.

Where the claim appeared

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