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A video went viral showing Ukrainian forces destroying a Russian-occupied airfield in Dzhankoi, Crimea. The original video is from the Russian Belgorod region and it was shot in August 2022.
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The video has no links with the reported explosions in Dzhankoi, Crimea. The original video is from the Russian Belgorod region and it was shot in August 2022.
The ongoing war between Russia and Ukraine has resulted in a major geopolitical crisis — not just in these two countries but across the globe. Recently, a missile hit the Polish village of Przewodow near the Ukrainian border and escalated tensions further.
Amid all this, many on social media and even some news outlets have claimed that Ukraine has destroyed a Russian-occupied airfield in Dzhankoi in Crimea.
One person on Twitter shared a video with the caption, "In Crimea, there were explosions near the military airport and now there is a fire there". Another did the same and captioned it , "There were explosions in Dzhankoy (Crimea). There is information that the Ukrainian armed forces struck the airfield. There were around 80 pieces of military equipment there."
Archived versions of similar tweets can be found here and here. But AFWA's investigation found the claim misleading. The video has no link with the explosions in Dzhankoi, Crimea. The original video is from August 2022.
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Reportedly in 2014, Russian President Vladimir Putin publicly admitted his desire to take over Crimea, and immediately he did so. On the other hand, back in August, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy also made it very clear that Ukraine had set a goal to take back Crimea.
On October 2022, a huge explosion destroyed part of the Kerch bridge from Russia to Crimea and hit Vladimir Putin’s prestige projects and a vital logistical link for the Russian military.
Does this viral video have any link to the explosion site of Dzhankoi, Crimea?
A reverse search of a keyframe of the viral video led us to more videos. The first one was uploaded to the official YouTube channel of The Sun on August 19. It was titled "Russian ammo depot EXPLODES near the city of Belgorod inside Russia border."
The same can be seen on Guardian’s YouTube channel as well. Reportedly, fires blazed after explosions at a military base near the city of Belgorod inside the Russian border on or before August 19.
Thus, it is clear that the shared video has no link with the explosions in Dzhankoi, Crimea. The original video is from the Russian Belgorod region from August.
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