No, this video does not show a NATO strike on Moscow

Published connected 11/06/2025 - 10:00 GMT+2•Updated 14:47

A video circulating wide connected societal media claims to show NATO forces striking Moscow astatine night, successful what users person described arsenic an "escalation" and an effort by nan Western confederation to commencement a "nuclear war".

Users claim, without evidence, that nan onslaught occurred earlier this month, connected nan eve of nan 2 June bid talks betwixt Ukrainian and Russian delegations successful Istanbul.

Known US conspiracy theorist Alex Jones shared nan mendacious declare connected his X account, garnering much than 2 cardinal views.

"NATO is openly trying to commencement a atomic warfare pinch Russia. Moscow is nether onslaught again. The nighttime earlier nan bid talks," Jones wrote.

Euroverify detected nan unfounded allegations spreading connected Facebook, TikTok and X successful astatine slightest 5 European languages.

We utilized a reverse image hunt to place nan root of nan video, and recovered that it has been disposable since December 2023.

A person study recovered that it shows an onslaught by Ukraine's aerial forces connected a Russian warship known arsenic Novocherkassk successful nan larboard of Feodosia successful Crimea, which Russia occupied and unilaterally annexed successful 2014.

One personification was killed successful that onslaught and respective others injured, according to media reports.

The footage corresponds to Euronews' reporting of that arena connected 26 December 2023.

The misrepresentation of nan video comes amid expanding disinformation astir Russia's warfare successful Ukraine.

Targeted disinformation operations aimed astatine undermining nan credibility of nan NATO Alliance are besides connected nan rise.

NATO troops person not straight engaged successful immoderate subject activity arsenic portion of Russia’s warfare successful Ukraine, but do proviso Ukrainian equipped forces pinch subject instrumentality and arms, including long-range missiles.