24 April 2022

Autopsied bodies and false flags: How pro-Russian disinformation spreads chaos in Ukraine

Anya van Wagtendonk and Jason Paladino

In recent days, images began circulating in pro-Russian media of a burnt-out car on the side of the road along Ukraine’s eastern border with Russia.

A social media channel for the Donetsk People’s Republic, a Russian-backed region of Ukraine controlled by pro-Russian separatists, accused Ukrainian “saboteurs” of killing three civilians in an improvised explosive device (IED) attack early Tuesday morning outside Donetsk. Several videographers were then allowed on the scene. One captured high-resolution images of what appeared to be burned human remains inside the vehicle and posted them online.

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