| Title: | Misleading posts circulate old footage of two Russian Tu-160 bombers arriving in South Africa |
| URL: | https://factcheck.afp.com/doc.afp.com.324X3KU |
| Publisher: | AFP |
| Date published: | March 11, 2022 |
| Description: | A Facebook post has shared a broadcast video of warplanes as proof that a pair of supersonic Russian nuclear jets touched down in South Africa’s capital Pretoria amid the 2022 invasion of Ukraine. However, the claim has been shared out of context: the footage, while authentic, was taken in 2019 when Russia landed two of its heralded ‘White Swans’ strategic bombers in South Africa to ‘deepen military cooperation’ between the two nations. |
Misleading posts circulate old footage of two Russian Tu-160 bombers arriving in South Africa
A Facebook post has shared a broadcast video of warplanes as proof that a pair of supersonic Russian nuclear jets touched down in South Africa's capital Pretoria amid the 2022 invasion of Ukraine. However, the claim has been shared out of context: the footage, while authentic, was taken in 2019 when Russia landed two of its heralded 'White Swans' strategic bombers in South Africa to 'deepen military cooperation' between the two nations.
