Ukraine invasion: False claims the war is a hoax go viral

[Nevilledog]

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Shayan Sardarizadeh
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Nearly two weeks into Russia's invasion of Ukraine outlandish theories are being shared online, including claims the war is a hoax, a media fabrication, or civilian victims are actually crisis actors.
Photo from the production set of Ukrainian TV series Contamin
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Ukraine invasion: False claims the war is a hoax go viral
False claims have been spreading that the Ukraine war is a hoax and that actors have been involved in staging events.
7:04 PM · Mar 7, 2022

https://www.bbc.com/news/60589965

Nearly two weeks after Russia's invasion of Ukraine, the flow of false or misleading information about the war hasn't let up and now there are some outlandish theories being shared online.

Some have begun to circulate claims the war is a hoax, a media fabrication, or has been exaggerated by the West in terms of its scale.

We've examined some of them.

False claims about "crisis actors"

A video of a young woman and a young man having fake blood applied to their faces has racked up millions of views on multiple platforms.

It is shared as supposed evidence that the war in Ukraine is a hoax and civilian victims are actually "crisis actors" - people hired to act out scenes from an attack.

But the video is unrelated to the war. It was shot in 2020 on the production set of Ukrainian TV series Contamin.

The male actor can be seen in behind-the-scenes images from the set tweeted in December 2020.

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[Hugin]

1. The only major hoax in recent times is that...

TFG is a competent successful business man.

[dalton99a]

2. And the refugees are on a shopping trip

[Nevilledog]

5. Have you seen this video? Heartbreaking.

[dalton99a]

6. Yes. And there is no update on what happened to his family

[BlueWavePsych]

3. Like Covid-19 was just a hoax

[Crunchy Frog]

4. Gee, I wonder who could be pushing that disinformation?

[Sapient Donkey]

7. Some guy I've known online for years said this

I’m used to the dude saying dumb shit, but I wasn’t expecting anything that stupid from him.

[Chainfire]

8. Anything that is the least bit uncomfortable is fake news.

I would like to see the ones claiming this to pack up, go to Ukraine, and show us what is really happening.