The Moskva, the Russian navy’s Black Sea flagship, sank on April 14, 2022 after an explosion on board that Ukraine and the United States said was caused by a missile strike, and Moscow said was caused by a fire igniting ammunition.
An April 14, 2022 Facebook post shares the alleged tweet, which says: “It’s good to be back, Thanks Elon!” The handle @realDonaldTrump — the former president’s personal account, which was permanently suspended following the attack on the US Capitol on January 6, 2021 — appears at the top of the image, along with a blue check mark, an indicator of Twitter verification.
On April 3 the Russian defence ministry shared on its Telegram feed — which has nearly 200,000 followers — a 21-second video of the scene alongside a comment that it was “fake”.
“For those of you excited about electric cars and a green revolution, I want you to take a closer look at batteries and also windmills and solar panels. These three technologies share what we call environmentally destructive production costs,” says the text of a March 12, 2022 Facebook post.