{"id":112798,"date":"2022-03-02T19:05:19","date_gmt":"2022-03-02T13:35:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/?p=112798"},"modified":"2022-03-02T19:05:19","modified_gmt":"2022-03-02T13:35:19","slug":"photo-of-defense-drill-held-in-ukraine-before-russias-invasion-misrepresented","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/photo-of-defense-drill-held-in-ukraine-before-russias-invasion-misrepresented\/","title":{"rendered":"Photo of defense drill held in Ukraine before Russia&#8217;s invasion misrepresented"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>An image of two men armed with mock rifles is being shared to underplay the Russian attack on Ukraine. It is being suggested that the Russian invasion is &#8220;staged&#8221; or &#8220;fake&#8221;. The viral image is a screengrab from a broadcast aired by American news channel Fox News. The text below the image on the Fox News broadcast is not entirely visible but a part of its reads, &#8220;Ukrainian civilians take&#8230;&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Twitter user <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Gunner_Vitale\/status\/1497669654155833344?s=20&amp;t=25x9uuTsLHFE_pXjH1CPWQ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@Gunner_Vitale<\/a> posted this image and gained over 19,000 retweets and close to one lakh likes.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-112800 \" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/03\/Screenshot-2022-03-02-at-12.26.01.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"606\" height=\"773\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/03\/Screenshot-2022-03-02-at-12.26.01.jpg 1118w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/03\/Screenshot-2022-03-02-at-12.26.01-235x300.jpg 235w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/03\/Screenshot-2022-03-02-at-12.26.01-803x1024.jpg 803w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/03\/Screenshot-2022-03-02-at-12.26.01-768x980.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 606px) 100vw, 606px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Several <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=cardboard%20AK-47&amp;src=typed_query&amp;f=image\">Twitter<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/search\/photos\/?q=cardboard%20AK-47&amp;sde=AbrZq7ucm-zd5XSuuSx6iovT-E9tMvr3ZD34a2Zkz5gbp5Tggv3voY9TB2qe8roDoa-x7i3GiGu2eNwRe4faXh_LdPjOtuVidcMdnemSrpOSc0dXJT6eaoOW4miTTstvbgrJWCzFKPTFicvmf_BMAKW8B-hIiGXcvdFuKsDb_Bb9T8tbaQMmxUwptjlHIE_XsO4couwHg0lciVW7a5BeHgi2\">Facebook<\/a> users have posted this image.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-112801 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/03\/Screenshot-2022-03-02-at-12.28.26-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1446\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/03\/Screenshot-2022-03-02-at-12.28.26-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/03\/Screenshot-2022-03-02-at-12.28.26-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/03\/Screenshot-2022-03-02-at-12.28.26-1024x578.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/03\/Screenshot-2022-03-02-at-12.28.26-768x434.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/03\/Screenshot-2022-03-02-at-12.28.26-1536x867.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/03\/Screenshot-2022-03-02-at-12.28.26-2048x1156.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><\/p>\n<h4>Misrepresentation<\/h4>\n<p>Alt News performed a keyword search and found a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.businessinsider.in\/international\/news\/an-image-of-ukrainians-holding-wooden-guns-has-sparked-claims-that-russias-invasion-is-fake\/articleshow\/89917376.cms\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Business Insider<\/a> report with the headline: &#8220;An image of Ukrainians holding wooden guns has sparked baseless claims on social media that Russia&#8217;s invasion of Ukraine is staged.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Next, we performed a keyword search on various stock image websites and found that a contributor named &#8216;Ukrinform&#8217; uploaded this image on February 19 on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shutterstock.com\/editorial\/image-editorial\/two-men-rifle-cutouts-take-cover-behind-12818312m\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Shutterstock<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The photo caption of the image reveals the context &#8211; two men with rifle cutouts take cover behind a corner during the territorial defence drill for civilians given by Azov Regiment veterans in Kharkiv, northeastern Ukraine.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-112802 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/03\/Shutterstock_12818312m.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1500\" height=\"1000\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/03\/Shutterstock_12818312m.jpeg 1500w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/03\/Shutterstock_12818312m-300x200.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/03\/Shutterstock_12818312m-1024x683.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/03\/Shutterstock_12818312m-768x512.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1500px) 100vw, 1500px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>On February 26, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/world\/ukraine-parliament-member-more-surprises-putin-army\">Fox News<\/a> aired this image during its morning broadcast show on Ukrainian citizens taking up arms to counter the Russian invasion. The viral image appears 6:43 minutes into the broadcast. It is worth noting the bulletin neither gives the context that the image represents a drill nor does it state that it was taken a week ago, before Russia&#8217;s assault on Ukraine.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-112827 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/03\/Screenshot-2022-03-02-at-17.42.57-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1415\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/03\/Screenshot-2022-03-02-at-17.42.57-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/03\/Screenshot-2022-03-02-at-17.42.57-300x166.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/03\/Screenshot-2022-03-02-at-17.42.57-1024x566.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/03\/Screenshot-2022-03-02-at-17.42.57-768x425.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/03\/Screenshot-2022-03-02-at-17.42.57-1536x849.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/03\/Screenshot-2022-03-02-at-17.42.57-2048x1132.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>To sum it up, an image of a territorial defence drill in Ukraine, shot before Russia invaded the country, was misrepresented on social media. The image was picked up from a Fox News bulletin where it was shared without proper context.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An image of two men armed with mock rifles is being shared to underplay the Russian attack on Ukraine. It is being suggested that the Russian invasion is &#8220;staged&#8221; or &#8220;fake&#8221;. The viral image is a screengrab from a broadcast aired by American news channel Fox News. 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