Because the picture that the user cites as evidence does not show the city of Mariupol on May 1, as claimed. Instead, you can see the Martin-Luther-Platz in the Middle Franconian district capital Ansbach.
The picture comes from the website of BR-Studios Ansbach and was taken in 2018. The fake news was quickly exposed and the reactions of the Twitter community were not long in coming.
Fake news: mockery and malice on Twitter
“Ansbach didn’t deserve that,” says one user, for example. Another writes: “Yes, I was also in town on Sunday, strange, nothing was bombed. In Ansbach.” And another confirms: “I have to say … Ansbach is still standing. After all, I live here.”
Twitter has since removed the original tweet. In the meantime, the profile of the Putin supporter was also blocked.
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