Olena Kurilo became the face of the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Bloodied and bandaged, the 53-year-old teacher said she couldn't believe what had happened to her and her town of Chuhuiv.
Her photo was on the front pages of newspapers around the world.
Over the following days, Russian government social media accounts began posting a video claiming that Olena was not injured at all.
"Excellent photos by the way, news that spread everywhere," says the Russian broadcaster.
The video then falsely claims that Olena was photographed two days later, unharmed.
"A few days later, good for him, no scratches."
This claim is baseless, the BBC has verified the photo as authentic, as has Reuters. Wild conspiracy theories like these are not uncommon on social media.
But what makes this conspiracy theory so strange is that it was spread by an official Russian government Twitter account – the Russian Mission in Geneva. Two weeks later, the tweet is still live.
The Russian government has a large network of official Twitter accounts – the BBC found more than 100 of them. They range from accounts representing foreign missions or embassies, with a few thousand followers, to those with more than a million followers. President Putin has his own account. Many of the accounts are labelled as Russian government organisations by Twitter.
(Full article at BBC)