Fact Check: Ukraine Gun Battle Is From 2018 NOT 2022
Did this footage of a gun battle between Ukraine and Russia get caught on camera in 2022? No, that’s not true: Sky News’ YouTube channel posted this exact video on August 3, 2018, with the title, “On the frontline in Ukraine | Hotspots.” The 2:51-long clip seen on Facebook starts nine minutes 41 seconds into the YouTube video.
The claim appeared in a Facebook post (archived here) on March 24, 2022. The caption on the video reads:
Ukraine gun battle caught on camera
This is what the post looked like on Facebook at the time of writing:
(Source: Facebook screenshot taken on Fri Mar 25 14:20:12 2022 UTC)
Lead Stories did a reverse image search and found the original video. The Facebook video starts at 9:41 in the original YouTube version.
(Source: YouTube screenshot taken on Mar 25 15:32:14 2022 UTC)
The original video, titled “On the frontline in Ukraine | Hotspots,” can be seen on Sky News’ YouTube channel. Sky News posted this video on August 3, 2018.
Other Lead Stories fact checks related to the 2022 Russia-Ukraine conflict can be found here.
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