| Title: | Footage shows Ukraine in 2022, not Russia in 2018 |
| URL: | https://factcheck.afp.com/doc.afp.com.324A3MZ |
| Publisher: | AFP |
| Date published: | March 2, 2022 |
| Description: | Social media posts claim US broadcaster ABC misrepresented a video of a 2018 gas explosion in Russia as footage from the war in Ukraine. This is false; the clip was shot in Ukraine by a Turkish news agency, and a similar video from AFP confirms that the incident took place following Russia’s 2022 invasion of its eastern European neighbor. |
Footage shows Ukraine in 2022, not Russia in 2018
Social media posts claim US broadcaster ABC misrepresented a video of a 2018 gas explosion in Russia as footage from the war in Ukraine. This is false; the clip was shot in Ukraine by a Turkish news agency, and a similar video from AFP confirms that the incident took place following Russia's 2022 invasion of its eastern European neighbor.
