| Title: | This visual effects video does not show ‘Russia’s vacuum bomb attack in Ukraine’ |
| URL: | https://factcheck.afp.com/doc.afp.com.329H86T |
| Publisher: | AFP |
| Date published: | July 6, 2022 |
| Description: | A video has been viewed tens of thousands of times in multiple social media posts that claim it shows Russia attacking Ukraine with a vacuum bomb in 2022. The claim, however, is false. Although Russia has been accused of using such weapons in Ukraine, the video in fact is a digital creation of a visual effects artist. |
This visual effects video does not show ‘Russia’s vacuum bomb attack in Ukraine’
A video has been viewed tens of thousands of times in multiple social media posts that claim it shows Russia attacking Ukraine with a vacuum bomb in 2022. The claim, however, is false. Although Russia has been accused of using such weapons in Ukraine, the video in fact is a digital creation of a visual effects artist.
