{"id":112528,"date":"2022-02-26T17:39:26","date_gmt":"2022-02-26T12:09:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/?p=112528"},"modified":"2022-02-26T17:39:26","modified_gmt":"2022-02-26T12:09:26","slug":"visuals-of-2014-anti-govt-protest-in-ukraine-viral-as-recent","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/visuals-of-2014-anti-govt-protest-in-ukraine-viral-as-recent\/","title":{"rendered":"Visuals of 2014 anti-govt protest in Ukraine viral as recent"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Amidst the ongoing Russian <a href=\"https:\/\/time.com\/6150679\/russia-ukraine-war\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">military offensive<\/a> in Ukraine, a video and a set of photos have emerged on social media with the claim that Ukrainian citizens have destroyed two Russian tanks with Molotov cocktails (petrol bombs) in Kyiv.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Ukrainian citizens destroy 2 Russian tanks with molotov cocktails in Kiev <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Ukraine?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Ukraine<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/UkraineUnderAttack?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#UkraineUnderAttack<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Kiev?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Kiev<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Russia?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Russia<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/zXLfaMcN3a\">pic.twitter.com\/zXLfaMcN3a<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 ZeroPark30 (@ZeroPark30) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ZeroPark30\/status\/1497445963111280647?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 26, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Ukrainian citizens destroy 2 Russian tanks with molotov cocktails in Kiev <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Ukraine?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Ukraine<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/UkraineUnderAttack?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#UkraineUnderAttack<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Kiev?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Kiev<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Russia?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Russia<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/tYCIH4jWOz\">pic.twitter.com\/tYCIH4jWOz<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Alex (@Alerez14) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Alerez14\/status\/1497452606884655107?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 26, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The video was picked up by Assamese News Channel DY365 and was posted on Twitter with its watermark.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"bn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/RussianInfantry?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#RussianInfantry<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/RussiaUkraineWar?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#RussiaUkraineWar<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Ukraine?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Ukraine<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Russia?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Russia<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Kiyv?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Kiyv<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/UkraineRussia?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#UkraineRussia<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/UkraineUnderAttack?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#UkraineUnderAttack<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/UkraineWar?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#UkraineWar<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/DY365?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#DY365<\/a><br \/>\n\u0987\u0989\u0995\u09cd\u09f0\u09c7\u0987\u09a8\u09c7 \u09a7\u0982\u09b8 \u0995\u09f0\u09bf\u09b2\u09c7 \u09f0\u09be\u099b\u09bf\u09af\u09bc\u09be\u09f0 \u0987\u09a8\u09ab\u09c7\u099f\u09cd\u09f0\u09c0 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/oDE5cCbYXS\">pic.twitter.com\/oDE5cCbYXS<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 DY365 (@DY365) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DY365\/status\/1497479984688304128?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 26, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The video is also viral on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/search\/videos\/?q=Ukrainian%20citizens%20have%20destroyed%20two%20Russian%20tanks%20with%20Molotov%20cocktails%20in%20Kyiv.\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Facebook<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-112530\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/02\/2022-02-26-14_38_18-Films-TV.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"872\" height=\"816\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/02\/2022-02-26-14_38_18-Films-TV.jpg 872w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/02\/2022-02-26-14_38_18-Films-TV-300x281.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/02\/2022-02-26-14_38_18-Films-TV-768x719.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 872px) 100vw, 872px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>A set of photos claiming to be visuals from the incident are also in circulation.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Ukrainian citizens destroy 2 Russian tanks with molotov cocktails(Petrol, Gasoline) in Kiev. They are using the guerrilla war tactics to counter russian army in their capital. Salute your courage\u270a <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Ukraine?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Ukraine<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/UkraineUnderAttack?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#UkraineUnderAttack<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Kiev?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Kiev<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/RussiaUkraineWar?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#RussiaUkraineWar<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Kyiv?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Kyiv<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/StopRussianAggression?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#StopRussianAggression<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/jkzKAfM1uW\">pic.twitter.com\/jkzKAfM1uW<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 @qi\u0431 (@_Imaqib_) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/_Imaqib_\/status\/1497481087194255366?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 26, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Ukrainian citizens destroy 2 Russian tanks with molotov cocktails(Petrol, Gasoline) in Kiev. They are using the guerrilla war tactics to counter russian army in their capital. Salute your courage\u270a <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Ukraine?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Ukraine<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/UkraineUnderAttack?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#UkraineUnderAttack<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Kiev?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Kiev<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/RussiaUkraineWar?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#RussiaUkraineWar<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Kyiv?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Kyiv<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/StopRussianAggression?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#StopRussianAggression<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/utBfbd1Ybz\">pic.twitter.com\/utBfbd1Ybz<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Devil \ud83d\ude08\ud83d\ude08 (@Devil_7892) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Devil_7892\/status\/1497490683476996096?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 26, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<h4>Old images and videos<\/h4>\n<p>We took the captions as a clue and performed a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/results?search_query=%D0%9C%D0%BE%D0%BB%D0%BE%D1%82%D0%BE%D0%B2+%D0%B1%D1%80%D0%BE%D1%81%D0%B8%D0%BB%D0%B8+%D0%B2+%D1%82%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%BA\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">keyword search on YouTube<\/a> in the Russian language. This led us to a video posted on the platform on February 20, 2014.<\/p>\n<iframe style=\"width:100%; height:auto; aspect-ratio:16\/9;\" title=\"\u041a\u041e\u041a\u0422\u0415\u0419\u041b\u0418 \u041c\u041e\u041b\u041e\u0422\u041e\u0412\u0410 \u041b\u0415\u0422\u042f\u0422 \u0412 \u0411\u0422\u0420 \u041d\u0410 \u041c\u0410\u0419\u0414\u0410\u041d\u0415\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ft8ACcThTuk?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<p>Upon close observation, we noticed that it is a video of the same incident recorded from a different angle:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>A Ukrainian flag is visible in both videos.<\/li>\n<li>The words written on one of the buildings is legible.<\/li>\n<li>Two armoured vehicles can be seen catching fire, which is similar to what was claimed in the viral tweets.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-112528 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-full'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/visuals-of-2014-anti-govt-protest-in-ukraine-viral-as-recent\/ukraine-video-2\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1010\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/02\/ukraine-video-2.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/02\/ukraine-video-2.jpg 1010w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/02\/ukraine-video-2-300x111.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/02\/ukraine-video-2-768x285.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1010px) 100vw, 1010px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/visuals-of-2014-anti-govt-protest-in-ukraine-viral-as-recent\/ukraine-flag\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"957\" height=\"372\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/02\/ukraine-flag.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/02\/ukraine-flag.jpg 957w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/02\/ukraine-flag-300x117.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/02\/ukraine-flag-768x299.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 957px) 100vw, 957px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>Taking this as a clue, we performed <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/results?search_query=%D1%82%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%BA+%D0%B2+%D0%BE%D0%B3%D0%BD%D0%B5+%D0%9C%D0%BE%D0%BB%D0%BE%D1%82%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">another keyword search<\/a> in the Russian language and came across a video uploaded on February 24, 2014. It is the <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/9PNMsBpAFjU\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">same video<\/a> that is being shared on Twitter as the ongoing Russia-Ukraine conflict. This itself proves that the video is unrelated to the Ukraine crisis.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-112551\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/02\/2022-02-26-17_05_32-\u041c\u0430\u0439\u0434\u0430\u043d\u043e\u0432\u0446\u044b-\u0437\u0430\u043a\u0438\u0434\u0443\u044e\u0442-\u0411\u0422\u0420-\u043a\u043e\u043a\u0442\u0435\u0439\u043b\u044f\u043c\u0438-\u043c\u043e\u043b\u043e\u0442\u043e\u0432\u0430-YouTube-\u2014-Mozilla-Firefox.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1171\" height=\"762\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/02\/2022-02-26-17_05_32-\u041c\u0430\u0439\u0434\u0430\u043d\u043e\u0432\u0446\u044b-\u0437\u0430\u043a\u0438\u0434\u0443\u044e\u0442-\u0411\u0422\u0420-\u043a\u043e\u043a\u0442\u0435\u0439\u043b\u044f\u043c\u0438-\u043c\u043e\u043b\u043e\u0442\u043e\u0432\u0430-YouTube-\u2014-Mozilla-Firefox.jpg 1171w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/02\/2022-02-26-17_05_32-\u041c\u0430\u0439\u0434\u0430\u043d\u043e\u0432\u0446\u044b-\u0437\u0430\u043a\u0438\u0434\u0443\u044e\u0442-\u0411\u0422\u0420-\u043a\u043e\u043a\u0442\u0435\u0439\u043b\u044f\u043c\u0438-\u043c\u043e\u043b\u043e\u0442\u043e\u0432\u0430-YouTube-\u2014-Mozilla-Firefox-300x195.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/02\/2022-02-26-17_05_32-\u041c\u0430\u0439\u0434\u0430\u043d\u043e\u0432\u0446\u044b-\u0437\u0430\u043a\u0438\u0434\u0443\u044e\u0442-\u0411\u0422\u0420-\u043a\u043e\u043a\u0442\u0435\u0439\u043b\u044f\u043c\u0438-\u043c\u043e\u043b\u043e\u0442\u043e\u0432\u0430-YouTube-\u2014-Mozilla-Firefox-1024x666.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/02\/2022-02-26-17_05_32-\u041c\u0430\u0439\u0434\u0430\u043d\u043e\u0432\u0446\u044b-\u0437\u0430\u043a\u0438\u0434\u0443\u044e\u0442-\u0411\u0422\u0420-\u043a\u043e\u043a\u0442\u0435\u0439\u043b\u044f\u043c\u0438-\u043c\u043e\u043b\u043e\u0442\u043e\u0432\u0430-YouTube-\u2014-Mozilla-Firefox-768x500.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1171px) 100vw, 1171px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>As for the photos, all of them turned out to be from 2014.<\/p>\n<p>The first image is from an anti-government protest in Kyiv in 2014 and is available <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gettyimages.in\/detail\/news-photo\/ukrainian-anti-government-protesters-throw-molotov-news-photo\/464951189?adppopup=true\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">on Getty Images<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-112540\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/02\/2022-02-26-15_26_58-Ukrainian-anti-government-protesters-throw-Molotov-cocktails-during...-News-Phot.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1523\" height=\"826\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/02\/2022-02-26-15_26_58-Ukrainian-anti-government-protesters-throw-Molotov-cocktails-during...-News-Phot.jpg 1523w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/02\/2022-02-26-15_26_58-Ukrainian-anti-government-protesters-throw-Molotov-cocktails-during...-News-Phot-300x163.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/02\/2022-02-26-15_26_58-Ukrainian-anti-government-protesters-throw-Molotov-cocktails-during...-News-Phot-1024x555.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/02\/2022-02-26-15_26_58-Ukrainian-anti-government-protesters-throw-Molotov-cocktails-during...-News-Phot-768x417.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1523px) 100vw, 1523px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The second image is also from 2014 and can be found on a news report by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/news\/world\/europe\/politician-makes-claims-of-vast-corruption-in-ukraine-a7452961.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Independent UK<\/a>. The image is credited to European Pressphoto Agency (EPA).<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-112541\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/02\/2022-02-26-15_34_55-Bags-full-of-bank-notes-and-a-plot-to-bring-down-a-prime-minister_-Politician-ma.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"981\" height=\"766\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/02\/2022-02-26-15_34_55-Bags-full-of-bank-notes-and-a-plot-to-bring-down-a-prime-minister_-Politician-ma.jpg 981w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/02\/2022-02-26-15_34_55-Bags-full-of-bank-notes-and-a-plot-to-bring-down-a-prime-minister_-Politician-ma-300x234.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/02\/2022-02-26-15_34_55-Bags-full-of-bank-notes-and-a-plot-to-bring-down-a-prime-minister_-Politician-ma-768x600.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 981px) 100vw, 981px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The third image can be found on the <a href=\"https:\/\/brendanhoffman.photoshelter.com\/gallery-image\/The-Dignity-of-Revolution\/G0000HLKa.sJgfr0\/I00005hVIlqPl8Mk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">website<\/a> of the American photographer Brendan Hoffman.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-112542\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/02\/2022-02-26-15_37_28-Euromaidan-_-Brendan-Hoffman-_-Prime-_-Kyiv-Ukraine-\u2014-Mozilla-Firefox.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1259\" height=\"663\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/02\/2022-02-26-15_37_28-Euromaidan-_-Brendan-Hoffman-_-Prime-_-Kyiv-Ukraine-\u2014-Mozilla-Firefox.jpg 1259w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/02\/2022-02-26-15_37_28-Euromaidan-_-Brendan-Hoffman-_-Prime-_-Kyiv-Ukraine-\u2014-Mozilla-Firefox-300x158.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/02\/2022-02-26-15_37_28-Euromaidan-_-Brendan-Hoffman-_-Prime-_-Kyiv-Ukraine-\u2014-Mozilla-Firefox-1024x539.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/02\/2022-02-26-15_37_28-Euromaidan-_-Brendan-Hoffman-_-Prime-_-Kyiv-Ukraine-\u2014-Mozilla-Firefox-768x404.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1259px) 100vw, 1259px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>For the last image, the top left corner gives credit to journalist Ilya Varlamov. We performed a keyword search using his name and found the same image on his <a href=\"https:\/\/varlamovru.livejournal.com\/984735.html?rfrom=zyalt\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">blog from 2014<\/a>.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-112544\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/02\/2022-02-26-15_58_26-Revolution-in-Kiev-Ukraine-\u2013-\u0412\u0430\u0440\u043b\u0430\u043c\u043e\u0432.\u0440\u0443-\u2013-\u0416\u0416-\u2014-Mozilla-Firefox.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1126\" height=\"800\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/02\/2022-02-26-15_58_26-Revolution-in-Kiev-Ukraine-\u2013-\u0412\u0430\u0440\u043b\u0430\u043c\u043e\u0432.\u0440\u0443-\u2013-\u0416\u0416-\u2014-Mozilla-Firefox.jpg 1126w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/02\/2022-02-26-15_58_26-Revolution-in-Kiev-Ukraine-\u2013-\u0412\u0430\u0440\u043b\u0430\u043c\u043e\u0432.\u0440\u0443-\u2013-\u0416\u0416-\u2014-Mozilla-Firefox-300x213.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/02\/2022-02-26-15_58_26-Revolution-in-Kiev-Ukraine-\u2013-\u0412\u0430\u0440\u043b\u0430\u043c\u043e\u0432.\u0440\u0443-\u2013-\u0416\u0416-\u2014-Mozilla-Firefox-1024x728.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/02\/2022-02-26-15_58_26-Revolution-in-Kiev-Ukraine-\u2013-\u0412\u0430\u0440\u043b\u0430\u043c\u043e\u0432.\u0440\u0443-\u2013-\u0416\u0416-\u2014-Mozilla-Firefox-768x546.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1126px) 100vw, 1126px\" \/>Hence, videos and images from the 2014 anti-government protest in Ukraine were shared as visuals from the ongoing Russia-Ukraine conflict.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Amidst the ongoing Russian military offensive in Ukraine, a video and a set of photos have emerged on social media with the claim that Ukrainian citizens have destroyed two Russian tanks with Molotov cocktails (petrol bombs) in Kyiv. Ukrainian citizens destroy 2 Russian tanks with molotov cocktails in Kiev #Ukraine #UkraineUnderAttack #Kiev #Russia pic.twitter.com\/zXLfaMcN3a \u2014 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":61,"featured_media":112555,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[39],"tags":[693],"an_content_type":[739],"coauthors":[692],"class_list":["post-112528","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-featured","fact_checks_claim_type-viral-videos","an_content_type-fact-check"],"blocksy_meta":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/02\/OLD-VIDEO2.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/112528","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/61"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=112528"}],"version-history":[{"count":15,"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/112528\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":112557,"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/112528\/revisions\/112557"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/112555"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=112528"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=112528"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=112528"},{"taxonomy":"an_content_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/an_content_type?post=112528"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=112528"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}