Claim: Misinformation about Western countries' involvement in the war in Ukraine has continued to spread online almost three years after Putin's full-scale invasion. In a recent case, a photo ricocheted across social media posts that falsely claimed it shows coffins of British soldiers killed in the conflict. However, the picture predates the war by more than a decade and was taken after 14 British servicemen died in a 2006 plane crash in Afghanistan.
Fact-check: Old photo misrepresented as coffins of 'British soldiers killed in Ukraine war'
Verdict: old photo misrepresented as coffins of 'british soldiers killed in ukraine war'
Organisation: AFP Fact Check
Author: Maja Czarnecka;Tommy Wang
Date published: 2024-11-27T09:30:00