Ukraine

Fact checks featuring claims seen in the UK about the ongoing war in Ukraine

2 March 2022

Video shows game footage, not a plane being shot at in Ukraine

The developers of Arma 3 confirmed that the footage came from a modified version of their game.

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Video shows game footage, not a plane being shot at in Ukraine
2 March 2022

Map of Russian nuclear targets in UK dates back to the Cold War

A map being shared on social media suggests potential sites of Russian nuclear strikes across the UK, but the original estimates are now 50 years old, and don't give any …

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Map of Russian nuclear targets in UK dates back to the Cold War
1 March 2022

Pornhub isn’t blocked in Russia following the invasion of Ukraine

This is a rumour that may have begun on Twitter. The site appears to be working normally for users in Russia.

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Pornhub isn’t blocked in Russia following the invasion of Ukraine
1 March 2022

Beirut port explosion footage being mistaken as Ukraine

Video apparently taken from a street in Beirut of the 2020 explosion is being shared as though it was filmed in Ukraine.

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Beirut port explosion footage being mistaken as Ukraine
28 February 2022

CNN did not claim the same man was killed in both Ukraine and Afghanistan

The report came from fake CNN Twitter accounts which have now been suspended. The photo used appears to be of a YouTuber, who is alive.

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CNN did not claim the same man was killed in both Ukraine and Afghanistan
28 February 2022

Video shows explosion at air base, not Ukraine’s main airport

The video actually shows the Melitopol air base.

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Video shows explosion at air base, not Ukraine’s main airport
28 February 2022

Images of girl confronting soldier are not from Ukraine

They come from a video that says it shows children in Palestine, which was published online in 2012.

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Images of girl confronting soldier are not from Ukraine
25 February 2022

BBC Breakfast uses old footage of Russian parade rehearsal to show invasion of Ukraine

The clip of military planes is one of a number of misleading videos which have circulated online following the invasion.

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BBC Breakfast uses old footage of Russian parade rehearsal to show invasion of Ukraine
25 February 2022

CGI WW2 video being used as Ukraine footage

The video first appeared on TikTok in 2021.

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CGI WW2 video being used as Ukraine footage
24 February 2022

Video of 2015 explosion in China being mislabelled as Ukraine

A video recorded by an American man of a warehouse exploding has been wrongly claimed to show Russian airstrikes in Ukraine.

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Video of 2015 explosion in China being mislabelled as Ukraine

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