Debunking the disinformation: Is it true that Ukrainians shot civilians?

On August 28, 2024, the SB TV YouTube channel posted a material with a very dangerous manipulative title “Called the Armed Forces of Ukraine fascists. The girl was shot in front of her five-year-old sister in Sudzha!” and the following content:

Two people, they were definitely Ukrainians. There was one, he spoke a language other than Russian. Probably, I don’t know. He took people out into the street. He went into the yard. My neighbor got it really bad, a young girl, 25 years old. She was shot in front of my eyes because she said that they have fascists and that’s it. And was it a mercenary who shot? No, a Ukrainian. A Ukrainian, right? The main thing is that I saw covid several times. I also have a little sister, she was 5 years old. And where she is, I don’t know. Did your sister see it too? Yes, she did. But she ran away to the neighbor, and that’s it.

Our verdict based on the analysis:

Verdict: Incorrect

Reasons:

• The thesis or assertion is completely false: information from several sources or the opinions of several experts in a particular field contradict it.
• Cause-and-effect relationships and connections clearly do not exist, as claimed.
• The event occurred in material respects differently than stated.

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