| Title: | Footage of blaze on oil drilling platform filmed years before Ukraine attack |
| URL: | https://factcheck.afp.com/doc.afp.com.32D27QB |
| Publisher: | AFP |
| Date published: | July 1, 2022 |
| Description: | After Ukraine struck an oil drilling platform in the Black Sea that it said was being used by Russian troops, footage was viewed thousands of times in Chinese-language social media posts that claimed it showed the attack. However, the footage has circulated online since at least 2004, although AFP was unable to confirm where it was filmed. |
Footage of blaze on oil drilling platform filmed years before Ukraine attack
After Ukraine struck an oil drilling platform in the Black Sea that it said was being used by Russian troops, footage was viewed thousands of times in Chinese-language social media posts that claimed it showed the attack. However, the footage has circulated online since at least 2004, although AFP was unable to confirm where it was filmed.
