US EditionFact Check: Fake Claim of UK Officers 'Captured' in Ukraine
UKRAINE, AUG 7 – The fabricated story aimed to discredit the UK in the Ukraine conflict used AI-generated images and was amplified by former MPs and international pro-Kremlin outlets, experts said.
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Russia Claims It Caught Two UK Officers in Ukraine—“Proof” Is an AI Image
The AI-generated image that Russian sources used to illustrate the captured “high-ranking British officers”. (Photo: open source) Russian state-run media TASS has circulated claims that Russian special forces captured two high-ranking British officers—identified as Colonels Edward Blake and Richard Carroll—in Ukraine, but fact-checkers from The Insider stated it’s a fabrication on August 8. The claim originated with Steigan, a blog run by Norweg…
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einnews.comFact check: Fake claim of UK officers 'captured' in Ukraine
A demonstrably made-up story of British military officers being "captured" during a Russian raid in Ukraine has spread online this week, even being repeated by former British lawmakers. DW takes a look.
The Kremlin media spread information that Russian special forces allegedly captured two high-ranking British officers, Colonels Edward Blake and Richard Carroll. TASS published the material under the headline “Armed Forces mercenaries from Britain arrive at...
A number of Czech and Slovak fake websites this week spread an alleged report by the Norwegian newspaper Steigan that Russian special forces had captured two British officers, Colonels Edward Blake and Richard Carroll, in Ukraine. The same information has also begun to circulate on social media. It is completely false.
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