Three US soldiers alive, despite Russia 'fake news' report, military says [View all]
Source: Reuters
Tennessee national guard says officers ‘safe and accounted for’ after Russian media falsely identified them as slain mercenaries
Reuters
Thu 17 Mar 2022 21.38 EDT
Three current and former members of the Tennessee national guard, who were falsely identified in a Russian media report as mercenaries killed in Ukraine, are in fact alive and well, the Tennessee national guard said on Thursday.
Joe Biden ordered the withdrawal of US troops from Ukraine prior to Russia’s invasion of the country as part of a broader effort to avoid a direct confrontation with the nuclear-armed adversary.
But the report published in Russia’s Pravda newspaper identified the Americans by name and gave military ranks for each of them, citing information from pro-Russian militia in Ukraine’s Donetsk.
The report even offered an intricate explanation for how the three were identified, using items from a backpack “near the remains of one of the militants” – including a Tennessee state flag.
Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/mar/17/us-soldiers-national-guard-russia-fake-news
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