{"id":1619059,"date":"2022-08-22T13:42:26","date_gmt":"2022-08-22T17:42:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1619059"},"modified":"2022-08-22T13:42:32","modified_gmt":"2022-08-22T17:42:32","slug":"fact-check-did-the-norwegians-raid-a-russian-warship","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fact-check-did-the-norwegians-raid-a-russian-warship\/","title":{"rendered":"FACT CHECK: Did The Norwegians Raid A Russian Warship?"},"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\">18<\/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-did-the-norwegians-raid-a-russian-warship%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=1619059&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:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/GettyImages-1242157165-scaled-e1661188513180.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<p>A video\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/101786295840144\/videos\/vb.101786295840144\/594881442301933\/?type=2&amp;theater\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/101786295840144\/videos\/vb.101786295840144\/594881442301933\/?type%3D2%26theater&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1660919152903000&amp;usg=AOvVaw2C0yelyU92dLJ1Tu2lDUFH\">shared on Facebook<\/a> claims Norwegian warships recently raided the Russian frigate Admiral Gorshov.<\/p>\n<p><span><strong>Verdict: False<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>While the Norwegian military did escort a Russian warship last month, there is no evidence it has attacked or raided any Russian warships.<\/p>\n<p><span><strong>Fact Check:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Both Ukraine and Russia have suffered naval losses during the course of the current conflict in Ukraine, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oryxspioenkop.com\/2022\/03\/list-of-naval-losses-during-2022.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Oryx<\/a>, an open-source defense analyst website that tracks vehicle combat losses in various conflicts. A video shared on Facebook claims a Russian ship was recently raided by the Norweigan military.<\/p>\n<p>The Facebook video, viewed more than 65,000 times, claims a group of Norwegian warships raided a Russian frigate after it attempted to pass into the North Sea with hypersonic missiles. The video is captioned, \u201cNorwegian ships raided the Russian frigate \u2018Admiral Gorshov!&#8217;\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"alzwoclg cqf1kptm om3e55n1 cgu29s5g dnr7xe2t r6ydv39a\">\n<div class=\"k0kqjr44 alzwoclg cqf1kptm cgu29s5g g4tp4svg lq84ybu9 hf30pyar\">There is no evidence any Russian frigate has been raided or attacked by the Norwegian. There are <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/search?q=norway+raids+admiral+gorshkov&amp;source=lnms&amp;tbm=nws&amp;sa=X&amp;ved=2ahUKEwix3Pa8y9D5AhUGBEQIHa3JAPEQ_AUoAXoECAEQAw&amp;biw=1440&amp;bih=821&amp;dpr=2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">no credible news reports<\/a> suggesting such an event has taken place in Norwegian territory. The Norwegian Ministry of Defense has also not published any <a href=\"https:\/\/www.regjeringen.no\/en\/whatsnew\/news-and-press-releases\/id2006120\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">press releases<\/a> detailing a raid on a Russian warship.<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>H I Sutton, a writer and analyst for USNI News, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CovertShores\/status\/1544271184728031234\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">reported<\/a> that a NATO warship escorted a Russian vessel off the coast of Norway in July. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/checkyourfact.com\/2022\/04\/08\/fact-check-soros-zelesnkyy-pentagon\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(RELATED: Did A Pentagon Official Say George Soros And Volodymyr Zelenskyy Are Cousins?)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">***OSINT***<\/p>\n<p>NATO warship escorts <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Russian?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Russian<\/a> Navy ship off Norway.<\/p>\n<p>The Ru ship is Admiral Gorshkov. It has been test-firing the new 3M22 Zircon hypersonic missile a couple of months back<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/OSINT?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#OSINT<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ukkJpQ6KdV\">pic.twitter.com\/ukkJpQ6KdV<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 H I Sutton (@CovertShores) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CovertShores\/status\/1544271184728031234?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 5, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\">\u201cNATO warship escorts <\/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\/Russian?src=hashtag_click\">#Russian<\/a><\/span><span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\"> Navy ship off Norway,\u201d reads the July 5 tweet. \u201cThe Ru ship is Admiral Gorshkov. It has been test-firing the new 3M22 Zircon hypersonic missile a couple of months back.\u201d The report also surfaced in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.express.co.uk\/news\/world\/1637493\/nato-news-world-war-3-russian-navy-admiral-gorshkov-intercepted-norway\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Express<\/a>, though it was not immediately clear why the Russian ship was near Norwegian waters.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Major Elisabeth Eikeland, a spokesperson with the Norwegian Joint Headquarters, told the <a href=\"https:\/\/thebarentsobserver.com\/en\/security\/2022\/07\/tsirkon-armed-russian-frigate-sails-coast-norway\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Barents Observer<\/a> last month that a Norwegian Coast Guard vessel was tracking the Admiral Gorshkov during its travels. The ship was likely sailing back to St. Petersburg following its discovery, the outlet reported.<\/p>\n<p>Check Your Fact reached out to the Norwegian Ministry of Defense for comment and will update this article if a response is provided.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A video\u00a0shared on Facebook claims Norwegian warships recently raided the Russian frigate Admiral Gorshov.Verdict: FalseWhile the Norwegian military did escort a Russian warship last month, there is no evidence it<\/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-1619059","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\/1619059","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=1619059"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1619059\/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=1619059"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1619059"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1619059"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}