Social media posts claim a video of two camouflaged individuals dragging a man shows an attempt to stage footage of Ukrainian troops in combat. This is false; the clip was filmed by a center that offers military skills training for civilians.
"The next test, after completing the 5-week Basic Military Training Course for Civilians, in the ranks of the NTC12," one post caption says.
Screenshots taken August 8, 2023 from the video shared online and the Facebook account of a Ukraine training center, with elements highlighted by AFP The head of the center, Jaroslav Panasko, told AFP in an August 11 email that the video was taken during the final part of a five-week training course, as the Facebook post describes. The participants practiced pulling a wounded man out of a combat zone so they could stabilize him.He said last year the group set up a volunteer territorial defense organization"teaching civilians basic military skills -- safe handling of weapons, infantry tactics, tactical medicine.
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