
The image of an old man hugging his cat was taken in 2018 in Turkey, after the cat was rescued from a house fire.
A reverse image search found this image was published on Turkish news site Daily Sabah in January 2018. The site says in its report that the photo was taken after a house fire incident in the Bolu province of Turkey. The house owner is seen hugging his pet kitten after his single-story wooden house was completely burnt. The man has been identified as Ali Mese, who was reportedly mourning over the loss of his hens.
We also found the image published on the image website Anadolu Images with the same information. Furthermore, the metadata analysis showed that the picture was taken on January 17, 2018, and that the location is in Turkey.
Fact-checking site Boomlive has also debunked claims linking this image to Ukraine. With the image being at least four years old, it is evident that it is not from the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
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