| Title: | Dated photo at Moscow refinery is misrepresented as wartime image |
| URL: | https://factcheck.afp.com/doc.afp.com.33FB2HG |
| Publisher: | AFP |
| Date published: | May 17, 2023 |
| Description: | A photo of a burning building is being shared on Twitter alongside claims it shows a fire at a factory supplying aircraft engines to Russia’s military amid its war in Ukraine. This is false; the image first appeared in 2018 and shows an oil refinery that caught fire, according to reports from the Ministry of Emergency Situations of Moscow and news articles from the time. |
Dated photo at Moscow refinery is misrepresented as wartime image
A photo of a burning building is being shared on Twitter alongside claims it shows a fire at a factory supplying aircraft engines to Russia's military amid its war in Ukraine. This is false; the image first appeared in 2018 and shows an oil refinery that caught fire, according to reports from the Ministry of Emergency Situations of Moscow and news articles from the time.
