Footage of a blast in Ukraine has been falsely introduced on-line as displaying a scene from the 12-day warfare between Iran and Israel. The video matches visuals of a neighbourhood within the Ukrainian capital Kyiv.
“Seconds earlier than Iran’s missile hit Israeli metropolis,” reads an Indonesian-language TikTok submit shared on June 28, 2025.
The quick video exhibits an explosion at evening close to a constructing advanced.
Screenshot of the false submit captured July 8, 2025, with a pink X added by AFP
The video additionally surfaced on Fb, Instagram and YouTube, and was shared in posts written in English, Arabic and Azerbaijani.
The Center East adversaries traded devastating missile assaults after Israel launched an unprecedented bombing marketing campaign focusing on Iran’s nuclear and navy services (archived hyperlink).
The strikes left extra than 900 folks lifeless in Iran and 28 folks lifeless in Israel. A ceasefire introduced on June 24 ended the warfare (archived hyperlink).
A reverse picture search of keyframes on Google discovered a better high quality model of the video uploaded on the web site ViralHog (archived hyperlink).
“A Shahed drone, launched by Russian forces, strikes a residential high-rise constructing in Kyiv, Ukraine. The video captures the precise second of influence and explosion,” reads its caption which states the clip was filmed June 9, 2025.
Screenshot comparability of the false submit (L) and the ViralHog video
The reverse search additionally yielded pages that present an analogous trying house advanced in Ukraine (archived right here and right here).
A image of a constructing in Kyiv uploaded by a Ukraine-based actual property firm matches components within the circulating clip together with the yellow fence across the park and an entrance door (archived hyperlink).
Screenshot comparability of falsely shared video (L) and an image from a Ukraine-based actual property agency, with similarities highlighted by AFP
AFP has debunked different false claims in regards to the Iran-Israel warfare right here.
