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“Photo of players from Dynamo football club who wore military uniform to fight in the ongoing war in Ukraine”
Social media posts Claim dated 1 Mar 2022.
FACTLY rated thisMISLEADING

What FACTLY found

The people in the photo belong to a Ukrainian organisation named Gonor, which is not a football club. According to news reports, some sports people including football players took up arms voluntarily to fight for Ukraine

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

In short

This claim spread on social media around 1 March 2022. FACTLY (India) looked into it and published its finding on 8 March 2022, 7 days later. Its rating was “MISLEADING”.

Where the claim appeared

Links recorded by FACTLY. Some posts may have been deleted since.

This check was done by FACTLY, not by DoesItStand. We list it so you can find it. Their full evidence and reasoning are in their article.