“Photos show Ukrainian citizens destroying two Russian tanks with Molotov cocktails in Kyiv.”
Social media posts
Claim dated 26 Feb 2022.
PolitiFact rated thisFalse
What PolitiFact found
Four photos showing scenes of fire, billowing smoke and people engaged in a fight date back to 2014 anti-government protests in Ukraine.
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
This claim spread on social media around 26 February 2022. PolitiFact (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 7 March 2022, 9 days later. Its rating was “False”.
Where the claim appeared
- Saved copy of the posthttps://archive.vn/k2PVh
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