Another hour passed with the Russia-Ukraine war and another news round the corner is spreading with rapid speed. It is being claimed that the Ukrainians are selling Russian tanks on eBay.
A picture is getting viral on social media sites. The screenshot is describing the features of Russian tanks as fully functional T-72 tanks.
The screenshot is getting viral with captions like, “Ukrainians are selling used Russian Tanks on eBay.”
اوكرانيين يعرضون دبابات روسية مستعملة للبيع في مزاد علني في متجر ايباي
Ukrainians 🇺🇦 are selling used Russian 🇷🇺 Tanks on eBay pic.twitter.com/WjE14uHeJT
— Saad Abedine (@SaadAbedine) March 2, 2022
An official Twitter account of Horace Dediu also shared the same image on his Twitter handle.
Ukrainians are selling (slightly used) Russian Tanks on eBay
I’d recommend waiting. Prices will be going down.https://t.co/xNHzUHqGwm
— Horace Dediu (@asymco) March 2, 2022
Fact check:
To find out the truth behind this, we went through eBay’s military policy. We get to know that the sale of military items is restricted for safety.Military surplus items and body armor that follow our policy can be sold, explosives and military ordnance aren’t allowed on eBay.
By digging more into this picture we found that the similar-looking picture on DEFENCETALK.COM .
The picture was taken in the year 2010 as provided in the description of the picture.
Conclusion:
The picture being circulated on the internet of Russian tank T-72 is morphed and not a real image.
Claim Review: Ukrainians selling Russian tanks on eBay.
Claimed by: social media users.
Fact check: false.
