Al-Marsad newspaper: Social media pioneers circulated a video clip that achieved a high viewership, along with a comment saying that it documents the Russian army’s storming of the home of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky.
However, Agence France-Presse confirmed that the video was “inaccurate”, as it dates back to 2016, and was used in reports related to the raid that led to the arrest of Mexican drug lord Joaquin (El Chapo) Guzmán.
The video, which has a duration of two minutes and 43 seconds, shows a group of armed men in uniform storming a house.
The caption, published in Bengali, was translated into English as follows: “Video of Russian forces storming the home of the Ukrainian president.”
But the American newspaper, “The Wall Street Journal” previously published the video titled: “The Raid on the El Chapo House” on January 13, 2016.