Post Shared by X Russia claims to have killed a Danish F-16 instructor in Ukraine.
🚨🇷🇺🇩🇰 BREAKING: Russia kills Danish NATO F-16 pilot killed in Ukraine.
(Pilot image is AI) pic.twitter.com/m6lZk6s9Ji
— Legit Targets (@LegitTargets) January 20, 2025
Verdict: Misleading
There is no evidence that Russia killed the F-16 instructor. Denmark's Ministry of Defense refuted this claim.
Fact check:
Social media users claim Russia killed a Danish F-16 pilot in Ukraine. One user wrote, “Breaking news: Russia has killed a Danish NATO F-16 pilot killed in Ukraine. (Pilot image is AI)”
There is no evidence that Russia killed such a person. Danish Ministry of Defense refuted This claim was made in a January 19 tweet, quoting Danish Defense Minister Troels Lund Poulsen. (Related: No, Los Angeles firefighters aren't using “handbags” to fight wildfires)
Oplysningerne er falske, siger forsvarsminister Troels Lund Poulsen:
“Come and meet the Ukrainian soldiers. Go to Ukraine.” Find out the history of Falsuk and read Sandsin Rigvis in the Danish Miskreditele. Click here for details.
— Forsvarsministeriet/Danish Ministry of Defense (@Forsvarsmin) January 19, 2025
“Not a single Danish soldier was killed in Ukraine. The story being spread in the Russian media is a false story, probably aimed at discrediting Denmark. I take this very seriously. '' Paulsen said.
Geoconfirmed, a Ukrainian video geolocation organization, also refuted the claim.
Geoconfirmed investigation – Danish F-16 instructor killed?
We were asked if we could confirm a story about an F-16 instructor named Jep Hansen/Jeppe Hansen/Jeppe Hansen/Jeppe Hansen who was killed in Kryvy Rif, Ukraine.
You can't because that's another example from Russia… pic.twitter.com/C9PAiwFphe
— Geoconfirmed (@Geoconfirmed) January 19, 2025
“The whole story about the murdered F-16 instructor is a complete fabrication, spreading false information about the alleged involvement of a Danish F-16 instructor in Ukraine, and promoting Danish support for Ukraine. “It was a planned and calculated disinformation campaign aimed at putting pressure on the public to influence the narrative,” the tweet read in part.
The newspaper said the claim came from Russian state media and was spread by pro-Russian social media accounts. Kyiv Post Office.
