{"id":1358517,"date":"2022-03-04T11:37:43","date_gmt":"2022-03-04T16:37:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1358517"},"modified":"2022-03-04T11:37:47","modified_gmt":"2022-03-04T16:37:47","slug":"fact-check-did-drones-in-kyiv-spell-out-the-message-russian-warship-go-f-yourself","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fact-check-did-drones-in-kyiv-spell-out-the-message-russian-warship-go-f-yourself\/","title":{"rendered":"FACT CHECK: Did Drones In Kyiv Spell Out The Message \u2018Russian Warship, Go F*** Yourself\u2019?"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">30<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ffact-check-did-drones-in-kyiv-spell-out-the-message-russian-warship-go-f-yourself%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1358517&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/GettyImages-1359234642-scaled-e1646410973162.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<p>An image<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/photo\/?fbid=3253371481654034&#038;set=a.1522978841359982\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/photo\/?fbid%3D3253371481654034%26set%3Da.1522978841359982&#038;source=gmail&#038;ust=1646322229013000&#038;usg=AOvVaw2sVsP_stjUsIQrkrPIjPhB\">\u00a0shared on Facebook<\/a> allegedly shows dozens of drones arranged to spell out the message \u201cRussian war ship? go f*ck yourself\u201d in the Ukrainian capital of Kyiv.<\/p>\n<p><span><strong>Verdict: False<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>The image is digitally fabricated. The original image is from 2012 and does not feature any drones or messages spelled out in the sky.<\/p>\n<p><span><strong>Fact Check:\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Russian forces are attempting to advance on Kyiv with a 40-mile long convoy that includes tanks, artillery and supplies, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/russian-military-convoy-bearing-down-on-kyiv-appears-stalled-2022-3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Business Insider<\/a>. The convoy has since stalled 19 miles outside of the city, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2022\/03\/03\/europe\/russian-convoy-stalled-outside-kyiv-intl\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">CNN<\/a> reported.<\/p>\n<p>As the war enters its second week, some social media users have been sharing an image that appears to show dozens of drones assembled in formation to spell out a message in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/weta\/faceofrussia\/reference\/cyrillic.html#:~:text=The%20Cyrillic%20alphabet%20is%20closely,legible%20ustav%20(large%20letters).\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Cyrillic<\/a> in the night sky. \u201cWhile Kyiv prepares for another night, the drones over Dnipro river make the signs for the Russian troops \u2018Russian war ship? Go f*ck yourself,&#8217;\u201d reads text included in one such post.<\/p>\n<p>The reference to the phrase is from an alleged exchange between 13 Ukrainian border guards on Ukraine\u2019s Snake Island and the Russian Navy, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2022\/02\/28\/europe\/snake-island-ukraine-russia-survivors-alive-intl\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">CNN<\/a>. A Russian warship ordered the guards to surrender, to which a Ukrainian guard responded by saying, \u201cRussian warship, go f*** yourself,\u201d the outlet reported. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/checkyourfact.com\/2022\/02\/15\/fact-check-cnn-russian-invasion-putin-biden\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(RELATED: Did CNN Air This Chyron About Putin Waiting To Invade Ukraine Until Biden Sends Weapons \u2018For Russia To Capture\u2019?)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Facebook image is digitally altered. The original image appears to have been taken by <a id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1646254079041_2005\" class=\"owner-name truncate\" title=\"Go to Dmitry Korol&#039;s photostream\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/dimakorol\/\" data-track=\"attributionNameClick\">Dmitry<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/dimocritus\/?hl=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Korol<\/a> and posted on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/dimakorol\/7099782123\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Flickr<\/a> in April 2012. Korol\u2019s image shows Kyiv\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.warmuseum.kiev.ua\/_eng\/museum\/monument\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Motherland Monument<\/a> illuminated against a night sky. Notably, there are no drones or messages visible in the photo.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/parkermolloy.com\/biocontact\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Parker Molloy<\/a>, a former editor at large for Media Matters, shared a video on Twitter <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ParkerMolloy\/status\/1498827246403997701\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">demonstrating<\/a> how someone could easily overlay the original image with the image of the purported drones.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Yeah, I overlaid the two pictures: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/J7rJE09LTe\">pic.twitter.com\/J7rJE09LTe<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Parker Molloy (@ParkerMolloy) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ParkerMolloy\/status\/1498827246403997701?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 2, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Check Your Fact found no <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/search?q=Drones+spell+russian+warship+go+fuck+yoursel&#038;rlz=1C1CHBF_enUS820US820&#038;oq=Drones+spell+russian+warship+go+fuck+yoursel&#038;aqs=chrome..69i57.9595j0j7&#038;sourceid=chrome&#038;ie=UTF-8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">credible news reports<\/a> to corroborate the authenticity of the image shared on Facebook. There are no <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/search?q=Drones+spell+russian+warship+go+fuck+yoursel&#038;rlz=1C1CHBF_enUS820US820&#038;oq=Drones+spell+russian+warship+go+fuck+yoursel&#038;aqs=chrome..69i57.9595j0j7&#038;sourceid=chrome&#038;ie=UTF-8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">credible news reports<\/a> about drones assembling in such a formation over Kyiv.<\/p>\n<div>Several images and videos have been misattributed to the ongoing war between Russia and Ukraine. Check Your Fact recently <a href=\"https:\/\/checkyourfact.com\/2022\/03\/02\/fact-check-ukraine-kyiv-russia-images\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">corrected<\/a> an image that allegedly showed destruction in Kyiv as of Feb. 25.<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An image\u00a0shared on Facebook allegedly shows dozens of drones arranged to spell out the message \u201cRussian war ship? go f*ck yourself\u201d in the Ukrainian capital of Kyiv.Verdict: False The image<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1358517","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1358517","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1358517"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1358517\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1358517"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1358517"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1358517"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}