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Fact Check: Did a Ukrainian Girl Confront a Russian Soldier?
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Fact Check: Did a Ukrainian Girl Confront a Russian Soldier?

No, but a viral video claims so.

Khaya Himmelman
Mar 1
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(Photo by ABBAS MOMANI/AFP via Getty Images)

A viral video, shared widely on both Facebook and Twitter, claims to show a Ukrainian girl confronting “Putin’s army.”

The caption of the Facebook video, which has been viewed close to 60,000 times, reads: “A bravery little Ukrainian girl confronted an Russians army. Soo touching.”

The tweet, which has been viewed a million times, similarly reads: ‘“Go back to your country’: brave little girl confronts invading Putin’s Army.”

Twitter avatar for @frnews_ngFR News Now @frnews_ng
"Go back to your country": brave little girl confronts invading Putin's Army #DefendUkraine #UkraineRussiaWar #Ukriane

February 27th 2022

825 Retweets2,359 Likes

The video, however, does not show a young girl confronting a Russian soldier. 

The 2012 video actually shows a Palestinian girl, Ahed Tamimi, confronting an Israeli solider in the West Bank village of Nabi Saleh. An example of a still image, from the same viral video, can be seen here on Getty images. 

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Matt A
Mar 1

Yeah I can pick out enough words to say that's definitely Arabic. And Ukrainians might be badass, but I still don't think little girls would be out in February in a tank top.

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CP
Mar 2

I suspect the one about the old woman giving the Russian soldier sunflower seeds so that flowers will grow on his grave is faked too (despite my desire for it to be true). The audio quality is just too good for that distance. Unless she is wearing a mic.

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