Russian fake: Death of boy from ‘Ukraine in Every Heart’ video
Russia has falsified an obituary of a fallen Ukrainian soldier Russian media outlets, Telegram channels, and bots on X (formerly Twitter) are spreading images of a fabricated obituary for a Ukrainian soldier allegedly named Artem Melnyk. Posts claim that he died on June 15, 2025, and identify him as the boy featured in the well-known 2014 public service video "Ukraine in Every Heart." This claim is false. Russians used graphic editing tools to forge the obituary of a fallen Ukrainian defender. In reality, there is no record of a soldier named Artem Melnyk on the Memorial platform, which documents casualties…