“The video shows the Ukrainian army preparing a prop for a staged shooting,” reads a simplified Chinese post on April 7 on Weibo, China’s Twitter-like platform.
The video was shared here on Weibo on April 13, 2022. It has been viewed more than 119,000 times.
The claim was shared here by an Australia-based Facebook user on March 28, 2022.
“I have never worn sunscreen and I never will. Because sunscreen causes cancer, not the sun,” says a March 30, 2022 Facebook post.
“There are rumours that Major General Roger L. Cloutier Jr, commander of the United States Army Africa (what is the commander of the United States Army Africa doing in Ukraine?) was captured in Mariupol, where he was helping to command Azov forces,” reads a Thai Facebook post shared on April 7.
The photo was shared here on Twitter on February 25, 2022.
“CNN posted saying its reporters were staying at this hotel that was mercilessly bombed by the Russian military,” reads a Korean-language Facebook post shared on March 22.
“A Ukrainian farmer stole a Russian Soyuz rocket and carried it away with a truck,” reads a Burmese-language Facebook post shared on March 13 on a page with more than 38,000 followers.
“Don’t believe a word they say,” says a March 8, 2022 Facebook post. It features two images of the same scene, the top one captioned “ESCAPE FROM KIEV,” which includes part of the TGCOM24 logo, and the bottom one marked “MOVIE DEEP IMPACT.”
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