Were these Ukrainians staging a fake battle scene? Nope, it’s a music video

Some people have been sharing these videos as proof that Ukrainians are staging images of the war. In reality, however, these videos show the filming of a music video by the Ukrainian singer Anna Khanina. © Observers

Pro-Russian social media accounts have been widely circulating a video over the past few weeks that shows a man dressed as a Ukrainian soldier acting out a scene in front of a camera. These accounts have claimed this video is proof that people are staging scenes of the war in Ukraine. Turns out, however, the video was filmed during the shooting of a music video by a Ukrainian artist whose music represents the “pain of war”.

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