Thread by @aleksandrov_76

#Ukraine #FakeNews
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#Fake: A Russian missile hit an apartment building in #Kharkiv.

Information about it appeared in local Ukrainian telegram channels.

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Truth: In fact, the video shows an explosion that occurred on Tovarischy Prospect in St. Petersburg (#Russia) on the night of April 24-25, 2022.

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As a result, the windows and doors in the front room of the house were damaged, but no one was injured.

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The original video was posted on the social network #VKontakte (vk.com/video?q=%D0%B2…).

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The Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation qualified (fontanka.ru/2022/04/25/712…) the explosion of fireworks in the house on Tovarishchevsky as an attempted murder.

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The video appeared in a series of local Ukrainian telegram channels in #Kharkiv (t.me/kharkivlife/36…).
The number of views exceeded 200 thousand.

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Once again we see the lack of elementary verification of information on the part of Ukrainian news channels and some users.
This kind of thing happens on a regular basis.

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We have analyzed similar cases, such as "a train derailed in Bryansk" (t.me/warfakes/2525), "a rocket attack on an apartment building in Odessa" (t.me/warfakes/2494?…), "an explosion at the Heat and Power Plant in #Odessa"

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(t.me/warfakes/2555) and a number of others.

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