20-06-2025
Fact Check: Viral video of jet being shot down is Russian — NOT an Israeli F-35!
Iran claimed it successfully took down three Israeli F-35 fifth-generation stealth jets. While Israel denied Tehran's claim, a video now going viral purports to show just that. Many shared a video of a fighter jet shooting down another one in a dogfight, alleging the latter was an Israeli Today Fact Check, however, found that the viral video shows a Russian SU-25 mistakenly shooting down its PROBE
Responding to the viral post, several people pointed out that the viral video did not show an Israeli F-35 jet but a Russian SU-25 being accidentally hit by friendly fire in Ukraine.A reverse search of keyframes from the viral clip led us to the same video, shared on YouTube on June 13, with the title: 'FRIENDLY FIRE: Russian Su-25 shot down by its own wingman.' We also found several news reports from June that featured the viral video. As per the Daily Express, the video showed a Russian SU-25 fighter mistakenly shooting down his wingman during a routine mission. The incident took place on June 13 near Soledar in Russia-occupied Donetsk. Reportedly, Russian military sources acknowledged that their SU-25 went down. There was no evidence that the fighter jet was brought down by hostile Ukraine-based news outlets also reported this. According to the Kyiv Independent, a Russian SU-25 attack aircraft from the Russian Aerospace Forces crashed on June 13. The pilot was successfully rescued. The SU-25 is a Soviet-era aircraft developed by Sukhoi in the late it's clear that the video does not show Iran shooting down an Israeli F-35 Watch
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