| Title: | Old video of Russian paratroopers jumping from plane shared with false claim about ‘invasion of Ukraine’ |
| URL: | https://factcheck.afp.com/doc.afp.com.326A3U7 |
| Publisher: | AFP |
| Date published: | March 25, 2022 |
| Description: | A video viewed more than a million times has been shared alongside a claim it shows Russian troops parachuting into Ukraine following Moscow’s invasion of its pro-Western neighbour in February 2022. While there have been reports of Russian paratroopers being deployed as part of the invasion, this video has circulated since 2014 in a social media post about a military exercise conducted in Russia. |
Old video of Russian paratroopers jumping from plane shared with false claim about ‘invasion of Ukraine’
A video viewed more than a million times has been shared alongside a claim it shows Russian troops parachuting into Ukraine following Moscow's invasion of its pro-Western neighbour in February 2022. While there have been reports of Russian paratroopers being deployed as part of the invasion, this video has circulated since 2014 in a social media post about a military exercise conducted in Russia.
