A video showing the flight of a rocket is being widely shared on social media, with claims suggesting it depicts a Russian Oreshnik intermediate-range ballistic missile (IRBM) flying towards Ukraine, reportedly filmed from Kazakhstan. However, these claims are misleading and inaccurate. The video in question actually shows a Soyuz rocket, which is commonly used for space launches, and has no connection to any missile activity.
Sharing the video on X (Formerly Twitter) @lifepeptides wrote, “The Oreshnik IRBM missile flying towards Dnipropetrovsk yesterday filmed from Kazakhstan”.
⚡️The Oreshnik IRBM missile flying towards Dnipropetrovsk yesterday filmed from Kazakhstan. pic.twitter.com/oU2h1sPtpa
— Lou Rage (@lifepeptides) November 22, 2024
Serial fake news peddler and propagandist account @RealBababanaras has also shared the video and wrote. “Launch of Russia’s newest MRBM Oreshnik spotted on the night of November 21 before hitting Ukraine”.
Launch of Russia’s newest MRBM Oreshnik spotted on the night of November 21 before hitting Ukraine pic.twitter.com/oQhLNv9wCN
— Baba Banaras™ (@RealBababanaras) November 22, 2024
Several other users, influencers and propagandists have also shared the video and made similar claims. Their posts can be seen here, @clashreport @Megatron_ron, @FrontalForce.
The truth about the viral video shared as attack on Ukraine, Fact Check
As soon as the posts containing the video and claims came to our notice. Subsequently, we conducted research and analysis of the video and found that the video was unrelated to the Russian attack on Ukraine.
To verify the claims made by the users. We performed a reverse image search of some key frames from the viral video using Google Lens. This led us to a YouTube video containing similar visuals. According to the YouTube channel, the video depicts a spacecraft Soyuz rocket commonly used for space launches. Hence, it has no connection to any missile activity.
However, we also found reports (1, 2) of a Russian missile attack on Ukraine. According to the reports, Russia fired a hypersonic intermediate-range ballistic missile at the Ukrainian city of Dnipro on Thursday in response to the U.S. and UK’s allowing Kyiv to strike Russian territory with advanced Western weapons, in a further escalation of the 33-month-old war.
Therefore, it is evident from D-Intent Data’s Fact Check that the viral video was not related to the Russian Oreshnik missile. But an outdated video of a Soyuz rocket.
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— D-Intent Data (@dintentdata) November 22, 2024
ANALYSIS: Misleading
FACT: A video showing the flight of a rocket is being widely shared on social media, with claims suggesting it depicts a Russian Oreshnik intermediate-range ballistic missile (IRBM) flying towards Ukraine, reportedly filmed from Kazakhstan. (1/3) pic.twitter.com/eMqVXSNyy7
Intent
Social media users and Influencers are circulating videos from different incidents with misleading claims to set their narrative over the ongoing Russia-Ukraine war.
Conclusion
Claim– The viral video depicts a Russian Oreshnik intermediate-range ballistic missile (IRBM) flying towards Ukraine.
Fact – The video depicts a Soyuz rocket, commonly used for space launches. It has no connection to any missile activity.
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