A Kremlin-run news station in Russia aired what it claimed showed Ukrainians using mannequins, posed as dead bodies, to exaggerate war casualties. Our researchers found a source who was there and Google Maps to look into it.
QUESTION: Does the footage aired by Russia-24 show the Ukrainian military using mannequins to exaggerate war casualties?
ANSWER: This is false. Using Google Maps, we traced the buildings in footage sent by Russian filmmaker Nadezhda Kolobaeva to a Russian television set and not Ukraine like Russia-24 claimed.
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