Damage to an Orthodox cathedral in Odesa, Ukraine, which was filmed for a news report after Russia attacked the city, was not staged, contrary to viral social media posts claiming otherwise.
The Spaso-Preobrazhenskyi Cathedral, or Transfiguration Cathedral, was damaged during a Russian missile strike on July 23, 2023.
The social media users all point to two women seen in the video carrying stacks of rubble.
They suggest the women are carrying “heavy stones” too effortlessly for the stacks to be real.
The clip shows locals carrying blocks of lightweight polystyrene during cleanup work, not staged scenes with props.
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Sky News, Twitter, Facebook, Rudaw Media, Reuters, Church
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Odesa, Ukraine, Russia, Preobrazhenskyi, Russian, Ukrainian, “