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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Bevan Hurley

Elon Musk slammed for amplifying fake story about hundreds of ‘Nato trainers’ dying in Ukraine

Associated Press

Elon Musk has been branded an “agent of misinformation” for amplifying an article on Twitter that falsely claimed Nato troops were dying by the thousands in Ukraine.

Musk responded to a tweet from a pro-Kremlin Twitter account early on Monday that claimed that 157,000 Ukrainian soldiers had been killed since February, along with 234 US and British Nato military trainers and thousands of Nato soldiers.

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