Fact-check: Moscow parade video does not show preparations for attack on Ukraine

Published on 19/06/2025 - 11:55 GMT+2

Social media users are sharing a video which they declare shows Moscow gearing up for a monolithic onslaught connected Ukraine, pursuing Kyiv's strikes connected Russian subject airfields successful early June.

The posts opportunity that nan US has warned European countries astir a "disproportionate response" to nan aerial guidelines attack, and nan video shows vehicles flying nan Russian emblem apparently transporting missiles. It besides shows group inspecting vehicles.

But nan video has been miscaptioned — it doesn't show Russia preparing for different onslaught because nan clips really day backmost to 2024.

We put immoderate stills from nan video done a reverse image search, which revealed that it came from a Telegram post published by nan Russian Ministry of Defence connected 27 February 2024.

The station says that nan video shows Yars intercontinental ballistic rocket mobile launchers being moved done Moscow successful mentation for Russia's yearly Victory Day parade successful nan Red Square connected 9 May.

In fact, a reverse image hunt shows america that nan video was besides nan taxable of misleading claims erstwhile it was first published.

Various other fact-checking websites debunked misleading claims astatine nan clip that nan video showed Russia transporting atomic weapons to usage against Ukraine.

Russia regularly publishes akin videos of its subject arsenal aliases training exercises without them needfully being successful mentation for an imminent attack.

Russia has accrued its strikes connected Ukraine pursuing nan onslaught connected its airbases, known arsenic Operation Spiderweb, including immoderate of nan astir extended bombardments of Kyiv since nan commencement of Moscow’s full-scale penetration successful February 2022.

Russia has intensified its aerial attacks against Ukrainian cities successful caller weeks, pinch drones and missiles often hitting residential areas and sidesplitting civilians, successful summation to subject targets.

Various world organisations, including nan OSCE and nan Council of Europe, person condemned nan intensified strikes arsenic violations of world humanitarian law.

Peace talks betwixt Moscow and Kyiv person truthful acold grounded to make advancement connected ending Russia's war.