Fact Check-Photo of children saluting Ukrainian tanks dates back to 2016

[demmiblue]

A photo of two children watching Ukrainian soldiers roll past atop two tanks have been falsely linked to the 2022 invasion by Russia. However, Reuters has traced the photo back to 2016.

The image has been viewed by thousands of people on social media, where it was described as the moment two children waved soldiers off to the frontline (here).

Russia has pounded Ukrainian cities with artillery and cruise missiles since launching its full-scale invasion on Feb. 24 (here). But Ukrainian resistance has been far stronger than Moscow had initially expected, according to Western intelligence sources who say Russia’s advances were significantly slowed (here).

The image of the children waving to Ukrainian troops is not from the 2022 conflict.

https://www.reuters.com/article/factcheck-ukraine-russia/fact-check-photo-of-children-saluting-ukrainian-tanks-dates-back-to-2016-idUSL1N2V10DO

I almost posted this pic, but decided to dig a little deeper. Be careful out there, these things spread like wildfire... even on DU (like the PornHub thread that got numerous recs https://www.democraticunderground.com/100216400015).

Pic in question:

[Hoyt]

1. There is definitely a lot of BS, misinformation, and outright lies going around.

[demmiblue]

2. Indeed.

[msongs]

3. France 24 news ran a segment showing a dozen faked up twitter posted vids

some of which have been posted on DU. suspect everything even it comes from "our" side