{"id":1400565,"date":"2022-03-25T13:44:44","date_gmt":"2022-03-25T17:44:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1400565"},"modified":"2022-03-25T13:44:47","modified_gmt":"2022-03-25T17:44:47","slug":"fact-check-does-this-video-show-a-russian-missile-strike-on-a-ukrainian-building","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fact-check-does-this-video-show-a-russian-missile-strike-on-a-ukrainian-building\/","title":{"rendered":"FACT CHECK: Does This Video Show A Russian Missile Strike On A Ukrainian Building?"},"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\">28<\/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-missile-strike-on-a-ukrainian-building%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=1400565&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.ph\/W0swh\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/fleming.s.35\/videos\/353241713411105&#038;source=gmail&#038;ust=1648221083349000&#038;usg=AOvVaw2GDb47OGUeb0OfbSagQGAt\">shared on Facebook<\/a> purportedly shows Russian missiles destroying a building that belonged to the Ukrainian Ministry of Defense.<\/p>\n<p><span><strong>Verdict: False<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>The video, filmed in 2021, shows Israeli missiles hitting a building in Gaza. It has nothing to do with the Ukrainian conflict.<\/p>\n<p><span><strong>Fact Check:\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Russia has launched over 1,000 missiles at Ukraine since its invasion started in February, with a portion of those strikes damaging and destroying civilian targets, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsweek.com\/putins-bombers-could-devastate-ukraine-hes-holding-back-heres-why-1690494?utm_source=PushnamiMailing&#038;utm_medium=email&#038;utm_campaign=automatic&#038;UTM=1647991873799&#038;subscriberId=61264505e39e7cee35b2fa1c\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Newsweek<\/a>. Russia has also begun using Kh-47M2 Kinzhal hypersonic missiles against Ukraine, allegedly due to a low missile stockpile, Politico <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2022\/03\/22\/russia-hypersonic-missiles-low-stockpile-00019358\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">reported<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The Facebook video shows several missiles hitting a building, completely destroying it. \u201cThree missiles, the Ukrainian Ministry of Defence building was instantly razed to the ground,\u201d reads the video\u2019s caption.<\/p>\n<p>A reverse image search revealed that the video is from May 2021 and was taken in Gaza amid fighting between Israel and Hamas. The video was published by <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ABC\/status\/1392950240924344326\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">ABC News<\/a> on its verified Twitter account at the time.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Video shows the moment an Israeli airstrike hit and leveled the 14-story Al-Shorouk Tower in Gaza amid an escalating conflict between Israel and Hamas. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Zwdwp29nE2\">https:\/\/t.co\/Zwdwp29nE2<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/O3xPEoCR20\">pic.twitter.com\/O3xPEoCR20<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 ABC News (@ABC) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ABC\/status\/1392950240924344326?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 13, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cVideo shows the moment an Israeli airstrike hit and leveled the 14-story Al-Shorouk Tower in Gaza amid an escalating conflict between Israel and Hamas,\u201d reads the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ABC\/status\/1392950240924344326\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">tweet<\/a>. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/checkyourfact.com\/2022\/03\/08\/fact-check-russian-ambassador-united-nations-election\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(RELATED: Did The Russian Ambassador To The UN Say That Donald Trump Was Overthrown?)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The building reportedly housed Hamas leaders and the group\u2019s main TV channel and was targeted by Israeli Defense Forces following an escalation in tensions between the two, the <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2021\/05\/12\/videos-show-gaza-tower-collapsing-amid-israel-hamas-conflict\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">New York Post<\/a> reported at the time.<\/p>\n<p>There are currently no reports from the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mil.gov.ua\/en\/news\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Ukrainian Ministry of Defense<\/a> on their website or via their <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DefenceU?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">social media<\/a> that suggest one of their buildings was hit with an airstrike. Likewise, there are no reports from any news outlets, such as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/search?query=ministry+of+defense+building+Ukraine\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The New York Times<\/a> or <a href=\"https:\/\/abcnews.go.com\/search?searchtext=Ukraine%2520Ministry%2520of%2520Defense%2520Building\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">ABC News<\/a>, of such a development.<\/p>\n<p>Several videos of explosions and other airstrikes have been misattributed to the conflict in Ukraine. Check Your Fact recently <a href=\"https:\/\/checkyourfact.com\/2022\/02\/25\/fact-check-ukraine-explosion-russian-airstrike\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">debunked<\/a> a video that falsely claimed to show a power plant exploding in Ukraine after it was hit by Russian airstrikes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A video\u00a0shared on Facebook purportedly shows Russian missiles destroying a building that belonged to the Ukrainian Ministry of Defense.Verdict: False The video, filmed in 2021, shows Israeli missiles hitting a<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":68,"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-1400565","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\/1400565","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\/68"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1400565"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1400565\/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=1400565"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1400565"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1400565"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}