{"id":1465160,"date":"2022-05-05T13:14:37","date_gmt":"2022-05-05T17:14:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1465160"},"modified":"2022-05-05T13:14:38","modified_gmt":"2022-05-05T17:14:38","slug":"fact-check-does-this-video-show-finnish-tanks-being-moved-to-the-russian-border","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fact-check-does-this-video-show-finnish-tanks-being-moved-to-the-russian-border\/","title":{"rendered":"FACT CHECK: Does This Video Show Finnish Tanks Being Moved To The Russian Border?"},"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-finnish-tanks-being-moved-to-the-russian-border%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=1465160&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\/sergii.bobliakh\/videos\/1242596273152856\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sergii.bobliakh\/videos\/1242596273152856&#038;source=gmail&#038;ust=1651772135984000&#038;usg=AOvVaw3lNrm4ckEGSwuXQWnJtWew\">shared on Facebook<\/a> claims to show tanks in Finland being moved closer to the country\u2019s border with Russia as tensions mount between the two nations.<br \/><span><strong>Verdict: Misleading<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>While the video was taken in Finland, the tanks are heading away from the border, not towards it.<\/p>\n<p><span><strong>Fact Check:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Russia has threatened nuclear and hypersonic missile deployment in Europe if Finland and Sweden join the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/europe\/russia-warns-baltic-nuclear-deployment-if-nato-admits-sweden-finland-2022-04-14\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Reuters<\/a>. Earlier in May, a Russian army helicopter reportedly violated Finnish airspace in an \u201capparent attempt to frighten the country,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-10782761\/Russia-taunts-Finland-flying-military-helicopter-airspace-country-plans-NATO-entry.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Daily Mail<\/a> reported.<\/p>\n<p>The Facebook video shows a train carrying tanks and armored vehicles past several large buildings. \u201cFinland \u2026\u2026. tanks going to the Russian border\u2026.\u201d reads the video\u2019s caption.<\/p>\n<p>While the video is from Finland, the tanks are moving away from the border. The Finnish Defence Forces (Puolustusvoimat) stated on <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Puolustusvoimat\/status\/1521864908597563398\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Twitter<\/a> that the video showed tanks en route to the Arrow 22 military training exercise, not toward the Russian border.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">A video has been circulating online claiming to show tanks being moved to Finland\u2019s borders. This is not true. The tanks were being moved to the army mechanised exercise Arrow 22. The exercise takes place in Niinisalo and S\u00e4kyl\u00e4. More info on our website. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/6HbJbFOcmi\">https:\/\/t.co\/6HbJbFOcmi<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Puolustusvoimat (@Puolustusvoimat) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Puolustusvoimat\/status\/1521864908597563398?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 4, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cA video has been circulating online claiming to show tanks being moved to Finland\u2019s borders. This is not true. The tanks were being moved to the army mechanised exercise Arrow 22. The exercise takes place in Niinisalo and S\u00e4kyl\u00e4.\u201d reads the tweet.<\/p>\n<p>Arrow 22 is a mechanized armor military exercise that Finland conducts with other nations near the country\u2019s western coast, according to a <a href=\"https:\/\/maavoimat.fi\/en\/-\/army-mechanised-exercise-arrow-22-to-be-arranged-at-niinisalo\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">press release<\/a> from the Finnish military. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/checkyourfact.com\/2022\/04\/28\/fact-check-russia-military-cargo-train-derailment\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(RELATED: Does This Video Show A Train Carrying Russian Military Vehicles Being Derailed Near Ukraine?)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The video appears to have been filmed in the city of <a href=\"https:\/\/earth.google.com\/web\/search\/61.506379,+23.766237\/@61.50581426,23.76649659,100.31749284a,468.89998647d,35y,72.59747417h,44.99997751t,360r\/data=CigiJgokCUJm7Yfpv05AEQ-RqP5svk5AGTd7ShSi0TdAIfSLtY-0xjdA\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Tempere, Finland<\/a>. A <a href=\"https:\/\/earth.google.com\/web\/search\/61.506379,+23.766237\/@61.50613821,23.76615089,101.57776855a,467.11767544d,35y,72.59717035h,44.99996618t,0r\/data=CigiJgokCUJm7Yfpv05AEQ-RqP5svk5AGTd7ShSi0TdAIfSLtY-0xjdA\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Google Earth<\/a> map of the location shows the same landmarks visible in the video and confirms the train was moving westward, not eastward.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A video\u00a0shared on Facebook claims to show tanks in Finland being moved closer to the country\u2019s border with Russia as tensions mount between the two nations.Verdict: MisleadingWhile the video was<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":68,"featured_media":1481737,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1465160","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\/1465160","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=1465160"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1465160\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1481737"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1465160"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1465160"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1465160"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}