Mariupol under almost constant bombardment in this video. pic.twitter.com\/Rnnd5b5ALk<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 Alejandro Alvarez (@aletweetsnews) February 24, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n This video soon got picked up by various Indian media outlets such as The Times of India<\/a>, Brut India<\/a>, Mojo Story<\/a>, etc and was shared across various platforms as visuals of the “bombardment” of Ukraine.<\/p>\n Brut India posted the video on Instagram which generated over 1.4 lakh likes.<\/p>\n Mojo Story shared the video as a YouTube <\/a>short while crediting Twitter.<\/p>\n This video was also quote-tweeted by Emmy-nominated multimedia journalist Ahmer Khan<\/a>.<\/p>\n We checked the replies under journalist Ahmer Khan’s tweet that claimed the video is two days old and shows a lightning strike on a transformer.<\/p>\n This is not from today, this is two days ago. Lightning hitting a transformator.<\/p>\n \u2014 T\u0336h\u0336o\u0336m\u0336a\u0336s\u0336 \u0336H\u0336a\u0336u\u0336g\u0336e\u0336 \ud83c\uddf3\ud83c\uddf4 (@MUFC_HAUGE) February 24, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n We closely watched the video and quite evidently, the lightning is followed by the sound of thunder.<\/p>\n Another Twitter user replied<\/a> under Ahmer Khan’s tweet calling it “fake news”. The user claimed that the video is of a thunderstorm from January 29 and shared the link to a TikTok video. We accessed the TikTok video<\/a> using the TOR browser and checked the source code for the upload time<\/a>. It corroborated with the claim made by the Twitter user. This itself proves that the video is unrelated to the Ukraine crisis.<\/p>\n Another important fact that should be kept in mind is that the current average temperature<\/a> for Mariupol has been 0\u00b0C or below. But when the lightning strikes in this video, the trees appear to be green. According to Weather Atlas<\/a>, January receives the most snowfall, but it isn’t visible in the video.<\/p>\n While the location of the video is unconfirmed, it is safe to conclude that the video is not related to the Russia-Ukraine conflict since it has been on the internet for over a month.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" After Russia launched an attack on Ukraine on Thursday, a video clip was shared on Twitter claiming it shows explosions in the coastal region of Mariupol, Ukraine. Mariupol under almost constant bombardment in this video. pic.twitter.com\/Rnnd5b5ALk \u2014 Alejandro Alvarez (@aletweetsnews) February 24, 2022 This video soon got picked up by various Indian media outlets such […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":61,"featured_media":112481,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[39],"tags":[693],"an_content_type":[],"coauthors":[692],"class_list":["post-112447","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-featured","fact_checks_claim_type-viral-videos"],"blocksy_meta":[],"yoast_head":"\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/02\/2022-02-25-16_23_22-1-Russia-begins-military-operations-in-Ukraine-as-tensions-mount-search-resu.jpg\")
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