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

No.

Alec Dent
Feb 25
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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:

Twitter avatar for @clashreportClash Report @clashreport
A #Syrian #Regime convoy consisting of tanks and armored vehicles were completely destroyed by #TB2 armed #UAVs, near #MaratAlNuman, South #Idlib.

March 3rd 2020

239 Retweets878 Likes

The video was flipped but is otherwise identical to the 2020 video. 

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Jay Janney
Feb 26

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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Frank Lee
Writes Social Misfit Newsletter ·Feb 26

“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

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