{"id":1338642,"date":"2022-02-24T17:08:08","date_gmt":"2022-02-24T22:08:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1338642"},"modified":"2022-02-24T17:08:12","modified_gmt":"2022-02-24T22:08:12","slug":"fact-check-does-this-video-show-russian-paratroopers-landing-in-ukraine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fact-check-does-this-video-show-russian-paratroopers-landing-in-ukraine\/","title":{"rendered":"FACT CHECK: Does This Video Show Russian Paratroopers Landing 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\">22<\/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-russian-paratroopers-landing-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=1338642&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:\/\/archive.is\/wOzo1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ktvurdukashmir\/videos\/675679243874516&#038;source=gmail&#038;ust=1645801019982000&#038;usg=AOvVaw1doG4yIexrp9iklnHtoEeC\">shared on Facebook<\/a> claims to show Russian paratroopers landing in Ukraine.<\/p>\n<p><span><strong>Verdict: Misleading<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>While the video does show Russian paratroopers, the footage predates the recent invasion of Ukraine by many years. There is no evidence it shows Russian paratroopers landing in Ukraine.<\/p>\n<p><span><strong>Fact Check:\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Russia launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine early Thursday morning, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2022\/02\/24\/world\/europe\/why-russia-attacked-ukraine.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The New York Times<\/a>. Amid the fighting, Russian airborne troops reportedly captured an airbase near the Ukrainian capital of Kyiv, CNN <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/videos\/world\/2022\/02\/24\/russian-troops-ukraine-kyiv-region-airbase-chance-nr-vpx.cnn\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">reported<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>A video being shared on Facebook shows what appears to be hundreds of soldiers jumping from planes and parachuting to the ground below, with some claiming it shows Russian paratroopers landing in Ukraine. \u201cRussian military paratroopers landing in Ukraine,\u201d reads the caption of one such post.<\/p>\n<p>While the video does appear to show Russian paratroopers, it was not taken during the Russian invasion of Ukraine. A reverse image search revealed the video was posted to <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BeloFFRus\/status\/772445426570125312\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Twitter<\/a> in September 2016. \u201c<span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\">Landing under <\/span><span class=\"r-18u37iz\"><a class=\"css-4rbku5 css-18t94o4 css-901oao css-16my406 r-1loqt21 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\" dir=\"ltr\" role=\"link\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/%D0%A0%D0%BE%D1%81%D1%82%D0%BE%D0%B2?src=hashtag_click\">#[Rostov]<\/a><\/span>,\u201d reads the tweet.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"ru\">\u0414\u0435\u0441\u0430\u043d\u0442\u0438\u0440\u043e\u0432\u0430\u043d\u0438\u0435 \u043f\u043e\u0434 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/%D0%A0%D0%BE%D1%81%D1%82%D0%BE%D0%B2?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#\u0420\u043e\u0441\u0442\u043e\u0432<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/%D0%92%D0%BE%D0%B7%D0%B4%D1%83%D1%88%D0%BD%D0%BE%D0%94%D0%B5%D1%81%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%82%D0%BD%D1%8B%D0%B5%D0%92%D0%BE%D0%B9%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B0?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#\u0412\u043e\u0437\u0434\u0443\u0448\u043d\u043e\u0414\u0435\u0441\u0430\u043d\u0442\u043d\u044b\u0435\u0412\u043e\u0439\u0441\u043a\u0430<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/rfjchqFO5g\">pic.twitter.com\/rfjchqFO5g<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 \u0412\u0430\u0441\u0438\u043b\u0438\u0439 \u0411\u0435\u043b\u043e\u0432 (@BeloFFRus) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BeloFFRus\/status\/772445426570125312?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 4, 2016<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The video was also posted on Facebook in September 2016 by the \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/watch\/?ref=external&#038;v=684191671734525\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Made in Russia<\/a>\u201d Facebook page, which claims it was taken in the Rostov region of Russia in 2014. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/checkyourfact.com\/2022\/02\/24\/fact-check-ukraine-police-covid-restrictions\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(RELATED: Does This Video Show Ukrainian Police Declining To Enforce COVID-19 Lockdowns And Mandates?)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cMassive air \u2018desant\u2019 of Russian VDV airborne troops (around 2000 paratroopers) in Rostov region from 17 Ilyushin Il-76 aircraft. Each Il-76 can take 126 paratroopers (\u2018desantnik\u2019). Year 2014,\u201d reads the caption accompanying the Facebook post.<\/p>\n<p>The video may stem from a 2014 training exercise in which 15,000 Russian paratroopers jumped from planes and landed in the \u201cRostov Obslat region of Russia,\u201d according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.military.com\/video\/specialties-and-personnel\/paratroopers\/15000-russian-paratroopers-jump\/3372545292001\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Military.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A video\u00a0shared on Facebook claims to show Russian paratroopers landing in Ukraine.Verdict: Misleading While the video does show Russian paratroopers, the footage predates the recent invasion of Ukraine by many<\/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-1338642","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\/1338642","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=1338642"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1338642\/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=1338642"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1338642"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1338642"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}