“Video shows Ukrainian crisis actors come to life after pretending to be dead.”
Social media posts
Claim dated 1 Mar 2022.
PolitiFact rated thisFalse
What PolitiFact found
The people under the tarps aren’t crisis actors from Ukraine trying to fool people into thinking they are dead. They were part of a protest against climate change that was held in Vienna, Austria, on Feb. 4.
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
This claim spread on social media around 1 March 2022. PolitiFact (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 4 March 2022, 3 days later. Its rating was “False”.
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