{"id":298822,"date":"2025-05-16T18:20:12","date_gmt":"2025-05-16T12:50:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/?p=298822"},"modified":"2025-05-17T10:09:07","modified_gmt":"2025-05-17T04:39:07","slug":"operation-sindoor-old-footage-of-russian-jet-shot-shared-as-india-brought-down-t-pakistani-fighter-jets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/operation-sindoor-old-footage-of-russian-jet-shot-shared-as-india-brought-down-t-pakistani-fighter-jets\/","title":{"rendered":"Old footage of Russian aircraft shot mid-air shared as Pakistani fighter jet taken down by India"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">While the armed conflict between India and Pakistan was at its peak following Operation Sindoor, a video clip of a fighter jet being shot down in the sky was widely shared on social media with the claim that India had shot down two Pakistani fighter jets flying around Srinagar-Budgam-Baramulla in Kashmir. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The parody X account &#8216;@RichKettle07&#8217; posted the video with the same claim on May 10. It has received 10 Lakh views so far. (<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/archive.is\/kSGAZ\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Archived version of the post<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">)<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Live Visuals \ud83d\udea8<\/p>\n<p>~ India \ud83c\uddee\ud83c\uddf3 has brought down 2 Pakistani \ud83c\uddf5\ud83c\uddf0 Fighter Jets during an insane dogfight in the Kashmir valley around Srinagar-Budgam-Baramulla \ud83e\udee8 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/IndiaPakistanWar?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#IndiaPakistanWar<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Ul5j7jjVHA\">pic.twitter.com\/Ul5j7jjVHA<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Richard Kettleborough (@RichKettle07) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RichKettle07\/status\/1921047683571052895?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 10, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Another X user named Premanand also posted the video with the same claim. (<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/archive.is\/BRZQr\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Archived link<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">)<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Live Visuals \ud83d\udea8<\/p>\n<p>~ India \ud83c\uddee\ud83c\uddf3 has brought down 2 Pakistani \ud83c\uddf5\ud83c\uddf0 Fighter Jets during an insane dogfight in the Kashmir valley around Srinagar-Budgam-Baramulla \ud83e\udee8 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/IndiaPakistanWar?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#IndiaPakistanWar<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/JF17?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#JF17<\/a> Smoked \ud83d\udd25 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/C0wVeGBAqX\">pic.twitter.com\/C0wVeGBAqX<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Premanand (@PremanandJohns5) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PremanandJohns5\/status\/1921077871843397769?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 10, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Many X accounts shared the clip with the same claim. (<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/archive.is\/ahPdk\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Link 1<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/archive.is\/cYBnq\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Link 2<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/archive.is\/GtQLc\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Link 3<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/archive.is\/0TR65\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Link 4<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">) At the same time, the video was viral on <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/search\/videos\/?q=India%20has%20brought%20down%202%20pakistani%20fighter%20jets%20during%20an%20insane%20dogfight%20in%20the%20Kashmir%20valley%20around%20Srinagar-Budgam-Baramulla\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Facebook<\/span><\/a> as well.<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-298822 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-full'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/operation-sindoor-old-footage-of-russian-jet-shot-shared-as-india-brought-down-t-pakistani-fighter-jets\/screenshot-2025-05-10-125151\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"855\" height=\"693\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/05\/Screenshot-2025-05-10-125151.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/05\/Screenshot-2025-05-10-125151.png 855w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/05\/Screenshot-2025-05-10-125151-300x243.png 300w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/05\/Screenshot-2025-05-10-125151-768x622.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 855px) 100vw, 855px\" 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href='https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/operation-sindoor-old-footage-of-russian-jet-shot-shared-as-india-brought-down-t-pakistani-fighter-jets\/screenshot-2025-05-10-124947\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"445\" height=\"648\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/05\/Screenshot-2025-05-10-124947.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/05\/Screenshot-2025-05-10-124947.png 445w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/05\/Screenshot-2025-05-10-124947-206x300.png 206w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 445px) 100vw, 445px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/operation-sindoor-old-footage-of-russian-jet-shot-shared-as-india-brought-down-t-pakistani-fighter-jets\/screenshot-2025-05-10-124941\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"447\" height=\"651\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/05\/Screenshot-2025-05-10-124941.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/05\/Screenshot-2025-05-10-124941.png 447w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/05\/Screenshot-2025-05-10-124941-206x300.png 206w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 447px) 100vw, 447px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/operation-sindoor-old-footage-of-russian-jet-shot-shared-as-india-brought-down-t-pakistani-fighter-jets\/screenshot-2025-05-10-124935\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"494\" height=\"639\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/05\/Screenshot-2025-05-10-124935.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/05\/Screenshot-2025-05-10-124935.png 494w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/05\/Screenshot-2025-05-10-124935-232x300.png 232w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 494px) 100vw, 494px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<h4><b>Fact Check<\/b><\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Using a simple reverse image search using key frames from the video, we found visuals from the video in a report by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.ie\/news\/9467648\/moment-russian-fighter-jet-shot-out-sky-stinger-missile\/\">The Irish Sun<\/a> dated September 26, 2022. According to the report, these visuals are of an American-made Stinger missile shooting down a Russian fighter jet mid-air. The article states that a Su-30 fighter jet flying around Kharkiv in Ukraine was shot down.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/hindi\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/sites\/2\/2025\/05\/Screenshot-2025-05-10-131502.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.express.co.uk\/news\/world\/1674062\/Russia-Ukraine-war-invasion-missile-jet-military-aid-UN-Vladimir-Putin-mobilisation-vn\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Express.co.uk<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> also published a report on the incident. This article contains an embedded version of the viral video and reports that a Russian fighter jet was shot down by the United States\u2019 &#8216;Stringer&#8217; missile.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The former Defence Minister of Ukraine had also informed the public about a Russian Su-30 jet being shot down in Kharkiv on September 25, 2022.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"und\">Ten months ago, in WDC, I asked for Stingers 4 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/UAarmy?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#UAarmy<\/a> &amp; heard &#8220;It&#8217;s impossible.&#8221;<br \/>\nMany times.<br \/>\nToday, rus Su-30 jet was shot down by \ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\udde6 Stinger in the Kharkiv region.<br \/>\nSo&#8230;the impossible is indeed possible.<br \/>\nThanks to our partners.<br \/>\nWe will win! \ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\udde6<br \/>\n\ud83c\udfb5 \u0413\u043e\u0440\u0438\u0442\u044c, \u201c\u041f\u0430\u043b\u0430\u0454 \u0442\u0435\u0445\u043d\u0456\u043a\u0430 \u0432\u043e\u0440\u043e\u0436\u0430\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/c1NtHcqlsD\">pic.twitter.com\/c1NtHcqlsD<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Oleksii Reznikov (@oleksiireznikov) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/oleksiireznikov\/status\/1573770428723724288?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 24, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">To sum up, a three-year-old video is being shared with the false claim that two Pakistani jets were shot down around Srinagar-Budgam-Baramulla.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>While the armed conflict between India and Pakistan was at its peak following Operation Sindoor, a video clip of a fighter jet being shot down in the sky was widely shared on social media with the claim that India had shot down two Pakistani fighter jets flying around Srinagar-Budgam-Baramulla in Kashmir. 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