The video is a fabrication designed to mimic the visual language of a mainstream news outlet. While Spain has experienced a series of railway accidents in recent months, none has been designated a terrorist attack by authorities. The misleading clip repurposes footage from a genuine tragedy — the collision of two high-speed trains in southern Spain — stripping it of context and grafting on false claims. Ukrainian refugees have no connection to that incident or to any of the subsequent rail disruptions cited by the video’s authors.
Social media posts circulating in recent days assert that a train collision in Spain has been “officially recognized as a terrorist attack” and that five Ukrainian refugees are under suspicion.
The viral clip alleging a terrorist attack on Spain’s rail network and the search for “five Ukrainian refugees” is fabricated. While the video mimics the visual style and branding of Euronews, the outlet has aired no such report and has published nothing resembling these claims on its website or social media channels. Euronews has previously documented similar forgeries circulating under its logo, in which Ukrainian refugees were falsely blamed for arson, criminal activity, or economic disruptions across Europe.
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