| Title: | Old footage shows soldiers of the French Foreign Legion, not Russian troops in Ukraine |
| URL: | https://factcheck.afp.com/doc.afp.com.324B8HC |
| Publisher: | AFP |
| Date published: | May 20, 2022 |
| Description: | A video viewed more than 300,000 times on Facebook has been shared alongside claims that it shows Russian and Ukrainian soldiers fighting in February 2022. This is false; the video, which has been online since at least 2019, shows troops of the French Foreign Legion in battle, although it remains unclear where the footage was filmed. |
Old footage shows soldiers of the French Foreign Legion, not Russian troops in Ukraine
A video viewed more than 300,000 times on Facebook has been shared alongside claims that it shows Russian and Ukrainian soldiers fighting in February 2022. This is false; the video, which has been online since at least 2019, shows troops of the French Foreign Legion in battle, although it remains unclear where the footage was filmed.
