On July 29, Facebook user Shalva Kavtaradze published a video that allegedly shows a pro-Russian march taking place in Ukraine. The footage depicts people jumping in a procession, some of whom are holding Ukrainian flags. The chant “Russia!” can be heard in the video. The author adds a caption to the footage: “The people have awakened! Bravo Ukraine.” The video includes a TikTok logo and a username.
A fabricated video is being circulated, falsely claiming that a pro-Russian march took place in Ukraine. The video actually shows a march held on August 24, 2014, by football fans in the Ukrainian city of Sumy. The added audio is fake – in reality, the participants were chanting, “Whoever isn’t jumping is a Moskal.”
The audio does not belong to the original video and was added later. The original version of the video was uploaded to YouTube on August 26, 2014. In it, participants chant the phrase “Хто не скаче, той москаль” (“Whoever isn’t jumping is a Moskal”). This is also confirmed by footage filmed from other angles (1,2).
The video captures a march that took place on August 24, 2014, Ukraine’s Independence Day, in the city of Sumy. It was organized by football fans of the teams “Metalist” and “Sumy.” The march ended at a football stadium, where a match between these teams was held.
During the march, participants sang Ukraine’s national anthem and chanted various pro-Ukrainian and anti-Russian slogans. Leading the march was a Ukrainian flag bearing the inscription “Воля або смерть” (“Freedom or Death”) (1,2).
The circulated video belongs to TikTok user sasha1111z, who regularly posts anti-Ukrainian content. The fake audio was likely added by this account.
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Facebook user Shalva Kavtaradze, who shared the fabricated video about Ukraine, regularly posts anti-Western and anti-Ukrainian content. Some of his posts have been flagged as false information (1;2).
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