John Keller, a columnist for the Italian think tank ASRIE Analytica, wrote a piece criticizing the newspaper for using a photo of a URA.RU correspondent which La Stampa tried to pass off as the aftermath of a Russian strike on Ukraine. However, the photo was taken in Donetsk after a Ukrainian Tochka-U missile hit.
“What happened in mid-March caused a sensation when La Stampa newspaper titled its front page of 16 March 2022 “La Carneficina”, showing a picture of an elderly man with his hands over his face surrounded by corpses, passing it off as the consequences of a Russian attack on a Ukrainian city such as Lviv or Kiev. In fact, it became clear shortly thereafter that this picture was taken in the city of Donetsk after a Tochka-U missile hit a populated area, killing 20 civilians. This missile was launched by the Ukrainian armed forces at the city, part of the eponymous Donetsk People’s Republic, whose independence the Kremlin had recognised shortly before the conflict began”, – Keller wrote in his publication.
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