| Title: | Video has circulated in reports about raid related to Mexican drug lord, not Ukrainian president |
| URL: | https://factcheck.afp.com/doc.afp.com.324R69A |
| Publisher: | AFP |
| Date published: | March 14, 2022 |
| Description: | A video has been viewed hundreds of thousands of times in multiple Facebook posts that claim it shows the Russian military “storming the Ukrainian president’s house”. This is false; the clip has circulated since 2016 in reports about a raid that led to the arrest of Mexican drug lord Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman. As of March 14, 2022, Russian forces have not seized control of the presidential palace in Ukraine’s capital Kyiv. |
Video has circulated in reports about raid related to Mexican drug lord, not Ukrainian president
A video has been viewed hundreds of thousands of times in multiple Facebook posts that claim it shows the Russian military "storming the Ukrainian president's house". This is false; the clip has circulated since 2016 in reports about a raid that led to the arrest of Mexican drug lord Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman. As of March 14, 2022, Russian forces have not seized control of the presidential palace in Ukraine's capital Kyiv.
