image Share with X They claim to have spotted Ukrainian F-16s flying over Lviv, Ukraine.
F-16s flying over Lviv? 👀#Lviv #Lviv pic.twitter.com/bOZTUM9S4x
— Richard Woodruff 🇺🇦 (@frontlinekit) August 1, 2024
Verdict: False
According to multiple sources, the image has been photoshopped.
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Ukraine reportedly recently received its first batch of F-16 fighter jets. Defense NewsAccording to the media, Ukraine is expected to receive 20 of the fighter jets by the end of the year.
Social media users have shared images of jets flying overhead, claiming to show F-16s flying over Lviv, with one user writing: “F-16s flying over Lviv?”
The image has been Photoshopped and was initially created as a prank, according to the Telegram channel that first circulated it. image.
““Okay, I’ll confess… these are photos I took and photoshopped in October 2022. Coincidentally they’ve just now hit the internet and bought me a bag of dumplings,” the translated Telegram post read.
Special Kherson Cat is an account that frequently shares videos and images related to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine (and Quote Experts such as Rob Lee, a senior fellow at the Foreign Policy Research Institute, denied the allegations in an August 1 interview.Wheat.
“Regarding ‘F-16s over Lviv’. As it happens, through personal connections, I know the story behind these photos. These photos were made in October 2022. The F-16 was artificially added to the Lviv photos as a joke and to trick the administrator of one Telegram channel. And the photos were waiting for these two years until their creators decided to make them public. The person who created these photos is now the administrator of this Telegram channel,” Special Kherson Cat tweeted.
“No F-16s flew over Lviv,” the tweet said. (Related article: Was the USS Dwight D. Eisenhower attacked by Houthi rebels?)
