Fact Check: Does a Viral Video Show Ukrainian Forces Destroying Russian Assets?

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A viral video from the Ukrainian Ground Forces—one of the branches of the Ukrainian military—claims to show the Ukrainian military destroying Russian military assets. (Facebook posts are not embeddable, please click the screenshot to see the video play):

The video, however, does not show the destruction of Russian military equipment. Instead, it shows a Syrian convoy being attacked by a Turkish drone in 2020:

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    Show Jay Janney the 🚪!

    How about the video of the Tank swerving to run over a car? Is that one real?
    I've seen Eastern European drivers, it's not really a stretch of the imagination to see someone swerve like that.

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      Alec Dent vertical-nib Author

      Hi Jay,

      I haven’t seen that one, could you email it to factcheck@thedispatch.com?

      Thanks,

      Alec

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    Frank Lee

    “When it comes to sanctions, the purpose of those sanctions is to deter Russian aggression”: Antony Blinken

    “The purpose of the sanctions has always been and continues to be deterrence.  But let’s also recognize the unique nature of the sanctions that we have outlined.”: Kamala Harris

    “no one expected the sanctions to prevent anything from happening.”: Joe Biden

    Clown Show

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    Victor Clairmont

    I am ok with it if the Ukrainians are using propaganda against Putin to spur on their forces to fight and resist, even if this might not be the most ethical.

    All wars can have propaganda to help or hurt. Sometimes it’s to achieve specific purposes like making your enemies second guess and your allies believe more.

    We are nowhere close to being in their shoes. Though I do understand it’s your job to fact check this Alec. I am just not too worried about this one if the Ukrainian military is the source.

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