The claim: A video shows a Russian fighter jet in UkraineFollowing Russia's invasion of Ukraine, some social media users shared videos from prior armed conflicts out of context. "REPORTED AS: Ukrainian army shot down a Russian jet," reads the caption of a video shared to Facebook on Feb. 24. "Russian fighter jet is shot down by Ukrainian Air Defense," one Twitter user wrote in a Feb. 24 post. Our rating: FalseBased on our research, we rate FALSE the claim that a video shows a Russian fighter jet in Ukraine. The footage shows a Libyan plane shot down by rebels over Benghazi in March 2011, a decade before Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

Source: Libya Today February 24, 2022 23:58 UTC