Claim: A video that went viral in August 2023 showed a beach party in Kyiv, proving that the war in Ukraine is a hoax. What's False Neither the party nor the video of it proves that the war in Ukraine is fake or a hoax. In August 2023, a video went viral on social media that allegedly documented a party at a beach club in Kyiv, Ukraine. "There is currently a party at the Beach Club in war-torn Kyiv Ukraine, please keep the people of Ukraine in your prayers," another social media user wrote with apparent sarcasm. While it was true the footage authentically depicted a beach party in Kyiv, posts that framed the scene as evidence of the war being fake were misleading.

Source: New York Times August 07, 2023 21:47 UTC