A 2014 video was shared by social media users with the claim that it shows the recent Russian shelling of a chemical plant in Ukraine.
A 2014 video was uploaded to social media falsely claiming to show a Russian attack on Ukraine’s Donbass region.
as an attack severodonetsk Russian shelling continues in Ukraine’s Donbas region huge explosion At a chemical plant in Severodnetsk. Soon after, a Video A short distance away the fire and smoke went viral with the claim that it depicted the above explosion at the chemical plant.
many twitter users Shared a video of huge balls of fire and white smoke from a plant far away with the caption, “A powerful explosion occurred at the Azot plant in Severodnetsk. Hundreds of Ukrainian forces are based at the facility. ,
AFWA found that the viral video is eight years old. This is not a scene of a recent explosion in Severodnetsk, but it shows an explosion that occurred in 2014 at a chemical plant in Donetsk.
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AFWA investigation
Reverse-searching frames from the clip led us to the same video on multiple video platforms like VK and YouTube. On 19 November 2014, a username was uploaded by Oleg Oprah. Video Russian on VK with the caption, “Explosion Point U 20.10.14 Donetsk.”
The same video was uploaded to a Ukraine-based YouTube channel called Euromaidan on September 20, 2014. The translation of the caption into Russian is: “09/19/2014 Explosion of warehouses of the Donetsk state-owned plant of chemical products”.
When we searched with relevant keywords, we found many Russian news from 2014 reports about this incident.
according to reportsA powerful explosion occurred in the warehouses of a state-owned chemical plant. Although no one was injured in the explosion, thunderstorms were heard throughout the Kuibyshevsky district in the city of Donetsk.
Thus, we conclude that the scene of an eight-year-old eruption in Donetsk, Ukraine was shared as a recent eruption in Severodnetsk due to Russian shelling.
ClaimThe explosion at a chemical plant in Severodnetsk, Ukraine, was caused by Russian shelling.conclusionThe viral video is eight years old. Not a recent explosion in Severodnetsk, this video shows a major explosion at a chemical plant in Donetsk in 2014.
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