00:00No, Russia didn't bomb a pedo enclave in Ukraine.
00:07A false news report has gained traction online and fueled conspiracy theories
00:12that recent Russian airstrikes in Ukraine were targeting a European paedophile ring.
00:17The fake report, published by a website called Real Raw News,
00:21claims that President Vladimir Putin ordered the assault on a child-trafficking cartel
00:25formed of Ukrainian, Albanian, French and German paedophiles,
00:29prompting anger among Western governments.
00:32The strikes were supposedly what prompted US President Donald Trump
00:35to take to his truth social platform to blast Putin as crazy
00:39for intensifying attacks on Ukraine.
00:41The article says that the intel about the paedophile ring
00:44came from a Russian FSB agent called Andrei Zakharov.
00:47He allegedly said that Russian aircraft flew over the region,
00:50dropping leaflets warning civilians to evacuate
00:53to ensure that no children were in the area when the assault began.
00:56However, the contents of the report are completely fabricated,
01:00not least because it comes from a known fake news website.
01:03Real Raw News was created in April 2020
01:05and is known for publishing misleading articles about the COVID-19 pandemic
01:09and the deaths of public figures.
01:11Euronews has previously reported on fake news coming from the site
01:15and its own About Us page says that it contains humor, parody and satire.
01:19All reputable reporting on the Russian airstrikes that took place between the 24th and 25th of June
01:25said that Moscow had killed at least 13 people and injured dozens, including children.
01:30There's no mention of a paedophile enclave
01:32and officials said that military, residential and industrial buildings had sustained damage.
01:37Following the airstrikes, Trump did post on Truth Social
01:40that Putin had gone absolutely crazy and was needlessly killing civilians
01:44and later hinted at more potential sanctions on Russia.
01:47For more investigations and fact checks, head to our website, euronews.com.
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