![]() That post describes the footage as the work of Russian Special Forces in Syria. The night-vision footage at 26 seconds was probably first posted in February 2020 by a Russian account "milinfolive" on social media platforms like VKontakte and Telegram. What is allegedly current footage (left) was published more than two years ago (right) Image: Twitter/Telegram The footage is cropped and has lost a great deal of clarity, either because it has been shared so often or because the filmmaker wanted to hide its origin. At least one scene can be traced back to official Azeri military footage of attacks by Bayraktar drones, which are also used by Ukraine against Russian forces. The video's first and the last scenes first appeared on digital platforms in October 2020, during the war between Azerbaijan and Armenia. The user does not have an official Twitter verification tick, which might account for the misleading nature of the clip. Beware of 'official' films posted from unofficial accounts The remaining 10 incidents might be legitimate but cannot be 100% verified. In fact, one scene of alleged Ukrainian military prowess actually shows Russian snipers at work. The editing is matched to cheerful music with a child's voice singing "La la la, kill the Moskal," which is an ethnic slur against Russians.īut does it really contain successes of the Ukrainian army?ĭW has tried to identify the 16 sources used in the clip and found that six are definitely not from the 2022 Russia-Ukraine war. ![]() Image: TwitterĬlaim: An unofficial Twitter page supporting the armed forces of with more than 450,000 followers describes its 42-second clip as containing "a hit song of the Territorial Defense of the Ukrainian Armed Forces." They use the derogatory term "orcs" to describe Russian soldiers. The video contains 16 separate scenes of explosions, death and destruction, mostly carried out by drone strikes but also roadside bombs and sniper attacks. We will also share the methods and tools we used to verify the footage used. ![]() This DW fact check examines one example from the ongoing Russia-Ukraine war to see how it stands up to the claims made by the account that posted it. Besides the moral and ethical issues of spreading such explicitly violent content, there is another problem: Often such videos show military footage from completely different conflicts. In wartime, supporters of one side or another share "military success" videos of combat footage, often set to music. ![]()
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