{"id":2287150,"date":"2024-07-01T12:02:01","date_gmt":"2024-07-01T16:02:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fact-check-no-image-does-not-show-crimeans-fleeing-missile-strikes-on-beach\/"},"modified":"2024-07-01T12:02:55","modified_gmt":"2024-07-01T16:02:55","slug":"fact-check-no-image-does-not-show-crimeans-fleeing-missile-strikes-on-beach","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fact-check-no-image-does-not-show-crimeans-fleeing-missile-strikes-on-beach\/","title":{"rendered":"FACT CHECK: No, Image Does Not Show Crimeans Fleeing Missile Strikes On Beach"},"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\">26<\/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-no-image-does-not-show-crimeans-fleeing-missile-strikes-on-beach%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=2287150&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--><p>A photo\u200b shared on X allegedly shows a crowd of people on a beach in Crimea fleeing missile strikes. However, the claim\u2063 is false as the image actually comes\u2064 from the 1975 movie &#8220;Jaws.&#8221; In reality, a Ukrainian missile was shot down in the sky above Russian-occupied Crimea, leaving three people dead and 120 wounded.\u200c Russian officials claimed \u2064responsibility for shooting down the missiles but blamed the U.S. for supplying the weapons. The \u200bimage circulating\u2064 on X shows an airstrike on Crimea with people running out of the water on\u200c a beach and an explosion in the background.\u200c The text &#8220;RUSSIA, F**K OFF&#8221; is visible in the sky.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div id=\"ob-read-more-selector\">\n<p><span>A photo <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/jurgen_nauditt\/status\/1804841367102763191\"><span>shared on X<\/span><\/a><span>  allegedly shows a crowd of people on a beach in Crimea fleeing missile strikes.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">\u2757\ufe0fIn Crimea, vacationers came under missile fire from RUSSIAN air defense: there were deaths<\/p>\n<p>Two people, including a two-year-old child, died after a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/yemen-lgbt-refugees-and-white-supremacy-everything-you-need-to-know-about-bidens-first-foreign-policy-speech\/\" title=\"Yemen, LGBT Refugees, And White Supremacy: Everything You Need To Know About Biden\u2019s First Foreign Policy Speech\">missile attack<\/a> on Sevastopol. More than 20 people were injured.<\/p>\n<p>People were on the beach. Air defense began to work right above\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/cm3tRnZ28B\">pic.twitter.com\/cm3tRnZ28B<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 J\u00fcrgen Nauditt \ud83c\udde9\ud83c\uddea\ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\udde6 (@jurgen_nauditt) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jurgen_nauditt\/status\/1804841367102763191?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 23, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span><strong>Verdict: False<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>The claim is inaccurate. The image actually comes from the 1975 movie \u201cJaws.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><span><strong>Fact Check: <\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>A Ukrainian missile was shot down in the sky above the Russian-occupied Crimea, leaving three people dead and 120 wounded, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-13560087\/Russia-United-States-blame-Ukraine-missile-attack-Crimea.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Daily Mail<\/a>. Russian officials claims the country\u2019s forces shot down the missiles but that Washington should be blamed as the weapons were allegedly made in the U.S, the outlet reported.<\/p>\n<p>An X <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fact-check-does-this-video-show-french-protests-against-vaccine-passports\/\" title=\"FACT CHECK: Does This Video Show French Protests Against Vaccine Passports?\">post purportedly shows<\/a> an airstrike on Crimea. The image appears to show numerous people running out of the water on a beach. In the background, there appears to be an explosion generating an abundance of smoke. The text \u201cRUSSIA, FUCK OFF\u201d is also seen in the sky.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn Crimea, vacationers came under missile fire from RUSSIAN air defense: there were deaths,\u201d the post reads, in part. \u201cTwo people, including a two-year-old child, died after a missile attack on Sevastopol. More than 20 people were injured.\u201d <span><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/checkyourfact.com\/2024\/04\/19\/fact-check-video-iranian-missile-attack-israel\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(RELATED: Video Claims To Show Iranian Missile Attack On Israel)<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The photo is miscaptioned and edited, however. It\u2019s actually from the 1975 movie \u201cJaws.\u201d <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bostonmagazine.com\/arts-entertainment\/2015\/06\/11\/jaws-screenings-boston\/\"><span>Boston Magazine<\/span><\/a><span>  and <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/ew.com\/article\/2015\/05\/28\/jaws-rerelease-40th-anniversary\/\"><span>Entertainment Weekly<\/span><\/a><span>  posted the image in articles about the movie returning to theaters for its 40th anniversary. The original image does not <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/105-year-old-catholic-church-goes-up-in-flames-miles-away-from-minneapolis-protests\/\" title=\"105-Year-Old Catholic Church Goes Up In Flames Miles Away From Minneapolis Protests\">show smoke<\/a> from an explosion or the text, which have been edited into the X photo.<strong> <\/strong><br \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>CCTV footage was captured of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-to-maintain-trump-administrations-low-refugee-cap-despite-promise-to-increase-it-report\/\" title=\"Biden To Maintain Trump Administration\u2019s Low Refugee Cap Despite Promise To Increase It: Report\">people fleeing<\/a> the Crimean beach, according to <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsweek.com\/video-crimea-russian-tourists-beach-bombs-atacms-1917131\"><span>Newsweek<\/span><\/a><span>. This video does not at all resemble the photo seen on X. Instead of one large explosion, the video shows several tall splashes in the water. <\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">CCTV footage capturing the moment when M74 submunitions from the MIM-140 ATACMS missile with cluster warhead struck the water and beach in Sevastopol, Crimea, on June 23.<\/p>\n<p>It is believed that the ATACMS missile was intercepted by Russian air defenses, which caused it to explode\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/OrnJO1Rhbg\">pic.twitter.com\/OrnJO1Rhbg<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Status-6 (Military &#038; Conflict News) (@Archer83Able) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Archer83Able\/status\/1805581567491760388?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 25, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A photo circulating on X supposedly shows a group of people on a beach in Crimea running away from missile strikes. However, this claim is false as the image is actually from the 1975 movie &#8220;Jaws.&#8221; In reality, a Ukrainian missile was shot down above Russian-occupied Crimea, resulting in three deaths and 120 injuries. Russian officials blamed the U.S. for the incident, claiming the weapons were made there. CCTV footage captured people fleeing the beach in Crimea, but it did not resemble the edited photo circulating on X<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":613,"featured_media":2287151,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cdn01.dailycaller.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/GettyImages-1259148684-scaled-e1719597164420.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[7380,33503,13420,19632,33504],"class_list":["post-2287150","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-misinformation","tag-crimeans","tag-fact-check","tag-image","tag-missile-strikes"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cdn01.dailycaller.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/GettyImages-1259148684-scaled-e1719597164420.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2287150","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\/613"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2287150"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2287150\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2287151"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2287150"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2287150"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2287150"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}