On March 9, the Ukrainian authorities reported that Russian forces had bombed the maternity wing of Hospital No. 3 in Mariupol. Later, Kyiv stated that the airstrike killed three people (including a child) and injured 17 others. Photos of the aftermath captured by Evgeniy Maloletka — a Ukrainian photographer working in the besieged city — shocked audiences around the world when they appeared in the international press. The next day, however, an anonymous Telegram channel published claims that the images were “staged,” alleging that the maternity hospital was actually “controlled by nationalists” from the far-right Azov Battalion. Pro-Kremlin media outlets then proceeded to spread these allegations far and wide. Ilya Ber — the publisher and editor-in-chief of Provereno Media, which specializes in debunking fake news — analyzes these attempts to cast doubt on what happened in Mariupol.
Please note. The following is a translation of an explainer jointly published by Meduza and Provereno Media.
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