After an air strike hit a school in Chernihiv, a video of a bloodied survivor went viral on Ukrainian social media. But soon her story was hijacked by pro-Kremlin accounts, including one promoted by the Russian Foreign Ministry, which falsely accused her of being a fake.
"There was no whistle, rustling or sound of shelling," Tania says. "It just hit the building and suddenly everything went dark. The building collapsed."
Tania was caught up in an air strike in early March. She was helping sort clothes for a humanitarian aid drive in school number 21 in Chernihiv, north of Kyiv, when a missile hit the building.
Although authorities did not name the school, the BBC was able to confirm the specific building via images posted on the Telegram social media app.
Local authorities reported at the time that Russian aircraft had hit two schools that day, leaving nine people dead and four injured.
Tania was knocked out by the blast. She says when she regained consciousness, she realised she was alive and could walk. She stood up, looked around and saw people in a state of panic. She also noticed bodies lying on the floor, including that of a woman who had been standing next to her just minutes before the strike.
Scared, she fled to her home.
There, she posted a video on Instagram - still covered in blood and with visible injuries on her face - in which she explained what had happened.
"I was at school number 21 when the explosion happened," she says in the clip. "I survived. Good...
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