Twitter blocks Russian claims on hospital attack

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Two posts by the Russian embassy in London have been taken down after they claimed the bombing of a Ukrainian hospital had been faked.

The hospital in Mariupol was attacked and three people died.

The hospital was not operational at the time, and the injured women pictured at the scene were actors.

The denial of violent events was a violation of the rules, according to the BBC.

The officials at the embassy have not offered any proof to back up their claims.

The hospital was claimed to have been non-operational by the embassy. A post on the hospital's Facebook page asked for fuel to keep operations going.

The maternity ward had been moved to the basement, as reported by the Associated Press and Sky News.

The woman in question, who lives in the city, is seen heavily pregnant in recent posts on social media, and the allegation that a beauty blogger was used to fake photos of a pregnant woman at the scene was called into question.

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The initial claims that the bombing was faked were not from the embassy. They were mentioned on state television news bulletin and chat shows after they began to trend among Russian users of the Telegram messaging app.

There is no truth to the claim that the beauty blogger pretended to be another woman at the scene of the bombing. The other woman featured in the claims is not the same as the beauty blogger. Two women are different.

There were accusations that the hospital had been taken over by the Ukrainian army. There is no proof that this was the case.

The claims are still being spread online even though the tweets has been taken down.

Online troll and conspiracy theorists have become fixated on the pregnant beauty post.

Social media companies are trying to tackle misinformation on their platforms, with many big tech companies blocking Russian broadcasters.

The official account of Russian President Vladimir Putin is not among the accounts that have been banned.

The Russian embassy account is still active.