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the video of "ukrainian father and son meeting for the last time at the train station" went viral online. media verified: fake news

2024-09-16

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recently, a video of "ukrainian father and son meeting for the last time at the train station" was circulated on chinese social networks. in the video, outside the window of a slowly moving train, a man tried to make a child inside the train laugh, while a woman was heard crying nearby. on the 15th, the topic #ukrainian father and son meeting for the last time at the train station# topped the weibo hot search list.

some netizens pointed out that the logo "сапсан" on the train body in the background of the video indicated that it was russia's peregrine train, indicating that the video took place in russia rather than ukraine.

according to observer.com, the video was posted by blogger ruslan_and_lyudmila on april 28, 2024. on may 4, the blogger added in the comment section: "friends, we are not separated forever. we have a beautiful family, but because of my pregnancy, i need to take care of it and i have to go back to my parents' house, so we have to separate temporarily."

on september 2, the blogger responded to a netizen's comment by saying "we are reunited."