{"id":1338167,"date":"2022-02-24T15:08:00","date_gmt":"2022-02-24T20:08:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1338167"},"modified":"2022-02-24T15:08:04","modified_gmt":"2022-02-24T20:08:04","slug":"fact-check-does-this-video-show-a-russian-fighter-jet-being-shot-down-in-ukraine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fact-check-does-this-video-show-a-russian-fighter-jet-being-shot-down-in-ukraine\/","title":{"rendered":"FACT CHECK: Does This Video Show A Russian Fighter Jet Being Shot Down In Ukraine?"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">30<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ffact-check-does-this-video-show-a-russian-fighter-jet-being-shot-down-in-ukraine%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1338167&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><\/div>\n<p>A video\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/trungmicheal.bui\/videos\/1131189587633175\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/watch\/?v%3D489280252668240&#038;source=gmail&#038;ust=1645799803918000&#038;usg=AOvVaw3YUPY_V1bxvVEBtH-BImc6\">shared on Facebook<\/a> claims to show a Russian fighter jet plummeting to the ground after being hit in Ukraine.<br \/><span><strong>Verdict: False<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>The video, taken in 2011, shows a Libyan airplane being shot down during the Libyan Civil War.<\/p>\n<p><span><strong>Fact Check:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Russian forces launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine Thursday, days after Russia recognized the independence of two separatist-controlled areas in eastern Ukraine, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/live\/2022\/02\/24\/world\/russia-attacks-ukraine\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The New York Times<\/a>. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-europe-60497510\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">warned<\/a> that Ukraine will defend itself against the invasion and fighting between the two nations is underway, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/europe\/live-news\/ukraine-russia-news-02-24-22-intl\/h_617860a16cf939493501cb12137bf38b\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">CNN<\/a> reported.<\/p>\n<p>Amid the conflict, Facebook users began sharing a video that allegedly shows a Russian fighter jet plummeting to the ground after being hit by Ukrainian fire. The video shows a plane engulfed in flames falling from the sky before it hits the ground and explodes. \u201cUkrainian air defense reported it has shot down 2 helicopter and 5 Russian fighter jets,\u201d reads the caption of one post that shared the video. \u201cHere\u2019s one of them.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>However, the video predates the current Ukraine-Russia conflict. A reverse image search revealed the video is from 2011 and was taken in Libya. The footage was posted on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Ps61IKmd1nA\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">YouTube<\/a> in March 2011 by the Associated Press with the headline, \u201cRaw Video: Plane Shot Down by Libyan Rebels.\u201d The airplane can be seen spiraling downward and hitting the ground in the first 45 seconds of the YouTube video.<\/p>\n[embedded content]\n<p>\u201cLibyan rebels shot down a warplane that was bombing their eastern stronghold Benghazi on Saturday, as the opposition accused Moammar Gadhafi\u2019s government of defying calls for an immediate cease-fire,\u201d reads the video\u2019s description. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/checkyourfact.com\/2021\/09\/08\/fact-check-resistance-fighters-shooting-pakistani-plane-afghanistan-taliban\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(RELATED: Does This Video Show Resistance Fighters Shooting Down A Pakistani Jet In Afghanistan?)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Civil war broke out in Libya in 2011 following a crackdown on anti-government protests in February of that year, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2013\/09\/20\/world\/libya-civil-war-fast-facts\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">CNN<\/a>. Moammar Gadhafi, the leader of the country, was killed by rebel forces on Oct. 20, 2011, and the war was declared over days later, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2011\/10\/24\/ntc-declares-liberation-of-libya\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Al-Jazeera<\/a> reported.<\/p>\n<p>Ukrainian armed forces claim to have shot down six Russian planes, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/europe\/live-news\/ukraine-russia-news-02-24-22-intl\/h_b0e5cbdca7c91d658e80ac4ef5549012\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">CNN<\/a>. The Russian Ministry of Defense has denied the claim, the outlet reported.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A video\u00a0shared on Facebook claims to show a Russian fighter jet plummeting to the ground after being hit in Ukraine.Verdict: FalseThe video, taken in 2011, shows a Libyan airplane being<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1338167","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1338167","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1338167"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1338167\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1338167"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1338167"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1338167"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}