{"id":1609103,"date":"2022-08-16T15:40:09","date_gmt":"2022-08-16T19:40:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1609103"},"modified":"2022-08-16T15:40:11","modified_gmt":"2022-08-16T19:40:11","slug":"fact-check-does-this-image-show-russian-citizens-fleeing-crimea-after-a-ukrainian-strike","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fact-check-does-this-image-show-russian-citizens-fleeing-crimea-after-a-ukrainian-strike\/","title":{"rendered":"FACT CHECK: Does This Image Show Russian Citizens Fleeing Crimea After A Ukrainian Strike?"},"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-image-show-russian-citizens-fleeing-crimea-after-a-ukrainian-strike%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=1609103&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><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn01.dailycaller.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Traffic-e1660677887983.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<p>An image\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ned.neveld\/posts\/434818735342117\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/photo?fbid%3D10158673259477665%26set%3Da.10151696113727665&#038;source=gmail&#038;ust=1660324593168000&#038;usg=AOvVaw063_L_a-5WRfmxP4kTQtAm\">shared on Facebook<\/a> purportedly shows Russian citizens fleeing Crimea after a Ukrainian strike.<\/p>\n<p>While there are reports of Russian citizens leaving Crimea after explosions at a Russian airbase, the image is from July and predates these reports.<\/p>\n<div id=\"rev-more-content\">\n<p>A series of explosions rocked a Russian airbase in Crimea last week, destroying several planes and killing at least one person, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/russia-ukraine-zelenskyy-kyiv-crimea-81a08f492db4683275d4aa3928cb3c43\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Associated Press<\/a>. While Ukraine has not officially taken responsibility for the strike, a Ukrainian presidential adviser said the explosion was either caused by a long-range weapon or Ukrainian guerillas in Crimea, the outlet reported.<\/p>\n<p>The Facebook post, which contains a screenshot of a tweet that features a photo of a traffic jam, claims to show Russian tourists fleeing Crimea. \u201cSubscribers report that there is a huge traffic jam on the Kerch bridge from those who want to leave Crimea,\u201d reads text included in the image.<\/p>\n<p>Through a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/search?tbs=simg:CAQSgAEafgsQsIynCBpiCmAIAxIohQTcCs0X9QuEBPQL2wqIBOQW0QrwOLcqySK1KuY-0zi2KrAquiu7Kxowf4Q3dHDXrJqxFXdCMFgB0KbvRcOZJpIvhaxZqkfIEm_1u0dNosBJwDZHzasUtSXobIAQMCxCOrv4IGgoKCAgBEgTXdcnlDA&#038;q=Crimean+Peninsula&#038;tbm=isch&#038;sa=X&#038;ved=2ahUKEwj4sOzdiMn5AhWskYkEHbf_AfYQ2A4oAXoECAIQNw&#038;biw=1431&#038;bih=731&#038;dpr=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">reverse image search<\/a>, Check Your Fact found that the image predates the recent explosions in Crimea. The image was published on a <a href=\"https:\/\/big-rostov.ru\/zachem-minuvshej-nochyu-dvizhenie-po-krymskomu-mostu-polnostyu-perekryvali\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Russian website<\/a> on July 16 with the title, \u201cWhy was traffic on the Crimean bridge completely blocked last night[?]\u201d <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/checkyourfact.com\/2022\/07\/29\/fact-check-russia-azerbaijan-war-video\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(RELATED: Are Russia And Azerbaijan At War With Each Other?)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The article stated that the traffic on the bridge was blocked in both directions. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/factcheck-crimea-bridge\/fact-check-image-of-traffic-jam-on-crimean-bridge-is-nearly-a-month-old-it-does-not-show-russians-fleeing-the-peninsula-in-august-2022-idUSL1N2ZN0KZ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Reuters<\/a> was able to <a href=\"https:\/\/yandex.com\/maps\/org\/street_view_3d\/14988758811\/?l=stv%2Csta&#038;ll=36.602791%2C45.260573&#038;panorama%5Bdirection%5D=293.014275%2C-1.238383&#038;panorama%5Bfull%5D=true&#038;panorama%5Bpoint%5D=36.630442%2C45.199731&#038;panorama%5Bspan%5D=110.105652%2C60.000000&#038;z=11\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">geolocate<\/a> the image and found that the image showed people going into Crimea, not attempting to leave the area.<\/p>\n<p>Videos of Russian citizens leaving Crimea did flood social media after the explosions last week, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/world\/2022\/08\/11\/crimea-tourists-ukraine-russia\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Washington Post<\/a>. Ukraine\u2019s Ministry of Defence verified Twitter account <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DefenceU\/status\/1557621932429819907\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">posted<\/a> a video that showed the explosion and a Russian citizen attempting to leave the peninsula.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Unless they want an unpleasantly hot summer break, we advise our valued russian guests not to visit Ukrainian Crimea.<\/p>\n<p>Because no amount of sunscreen will protect them from the hazardous effects of smoking in unauthorised areas.<br \/>\ud83c\udfb6Bananarama <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/NnWnpZqMhR\">pic.twitter.com\/NnWnpZqMhR<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Defense of Ukraine (@DefenceU) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DefenceU\/status\/1557621932429819907?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 11, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cUnless they want an unpleasantly hot summer break, we advise our valued russian guests not to visit Ukrainian Crimea,\u201d reads the tweet. \u201cBecause no amount of sunscreen will protect them from the hazardous effects of smoking in unauthorised areas.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An image\u00a0shared on Facebook purportedly shows Russian citizens fleeing Crimea after a Ukrainian strike.While there are reports of Russian citizens leaving Crimea after explosions at a Russian airbase, the image<\/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-1609103","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\/1609103","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=1609103"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1609103\/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=1609103"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1609103"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1609103"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}