As evidence of the Ukrainian army's supposed surrender, a drone video was cited in which troops on tanks were seen driving towards the Russian army with a white flag. This was cited as evidence that the war was “virtually lost” and that no one wanted to die in President Zelensky’s “lost war” anymore.

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THE AWAKENING OF HUMANITY TRUTHS
TO THE LIGHT

WHITE FLAG SINCE THE
WAR IS QUICKLY LOST -
ENOUGH IS ENOUGH!!!

Current status of the counteroffensive: Drone footage shows the first troop units surrendering without a fight and driving towards the Russian army with a white flag on their tanks.

Nobody wants to die in Zelensky's lost war anymore.

Comment:
In 12/2021 I decided that in the next 24 months some of the globalists' plans will fail and a large part of the transformation will be completed. I assume that the Ukraine war will end in 2023.

Upon closer inspection and verification of the claim, it turned out that the drone video does not show the surrender of the Ukrainian army, but rather an organized exchange of prisoners of war between the Ukrainian army and the Russian Wagner Group. The white flag is an internationally recognized symbol of a ceasefire or prisoner exchange, not a surrender.

In times of rapidly spreading disinformation, fact-checking is essential for compelling stories and videos from war zones. A good example of this is a drone video from the 2023 Ukraine War that recently circulated on social media. You can find out what's really behind the video here.

The truth behind the alleged surrender video

A video appeared on social media as part of a counteroffensive to liberate Russian-occupied territories in Ukraine in the summer of 2023. The video shows armored troop vehicles with white flags driving across fields and accompanied by a group of more than 50 people, presumably soldiers. The description of the video suggested that it was Ukrainian troops who had surrendered.

However, this representation lacks any basis. In fact, the scenes in the video were an organized exchange of prisoners of war between the Ukrainian army and the Russian group Wagner near the city of Bakhmut, as reported on May 25, 2023.

Evidence supports the facts

Numerous sources confirm this statement. A reverse image search led to the YouTube channel of the British newspaper “The Telegraph” , which published similar recordings of the scene on May 26, 2023 (the scene can be seen from minute 00:34).

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and the head of the Presidential Office of Ukraine, Andriy Yermak also reported on the prisoner exchange.

There were also reports from the Ukrainian Coordination Center for the Treatment of Prisoners of War and Ukrainian press articles confirming the exchange, as well as postings from the Ukrainian newspaper Pravda on Twitter:

The Russian side also confirmed the exchange. The head of the Russian Wagner private army, Yevgeny Prigozhin, published a video of the prisoner exchange.

To clarify the accuracy and context of the video, we have created the following table comparing the claims with the actual facts:

ClaimsFact check
The drone video shows Ukrainian troops surrenderingFalse: The video actually shows an organized exchange of prisoners of war between the Ukrainian army and the Russian Wagner Group
The Ukrainian army drives towards the Russian army with a white flagMisleading: White flags are internationally recognized symbols of a ceasefire or prisoner exchange

Conclusion

At a time when information and disinformation can flow seamlessly into one another, it is essential to check the veracity of media reports and social media posts. This drone video from the war in Ukraine shows how necessary this process is. War and its realities are complex, and it is our responsibility to separate truth from fiction.

Source:

DPA , Telegraph

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