FACT CHECK: Video Claims To Show Vehicles On Fire Near Belgorod
A video shared on X claims to show vehicles on fire on a road near Belgorod.
The center of Belgorod.
The residents of this city often rejoiced when their military shelled Kharkiv.
Now there seems to be no joy in their voices.#Russia pic.twitter.com/ucPu3ObrFu
— Dr. Khaled Alfaiomi (@Alfaiomi) March 14, 2024
Verdict: False
The video is from January 2022. It was taken in Kazakhstan, not Russia.
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Social media users are sharing a video of vehicles on fire, claiming it was taken in Belgorod. One user wrote, “The center of Belgorod. The residents of this city often rejoiced when their military shelled Kharkiv. Now there seems to be no joy in their voices.”
Through a reverse image search, Check Your Fact found that the video is from January 2022 and was taken in a completely different country. The video was originally shared to X in January 2022 and identifies the location as Almaty, Kazakhstan.
Multiple vehicles on fire in Almaty pic.twitter.com/4Galnewu7H
— Liveuamap (@Liveuamap) January 5, 2022
BBC Verify reporter Shayan Sardarizadeh also debunked the claim in a March 13 tweet.
This video is going viral with claims that it shows vehicles on fire on a road in the Russian city of Belgorod today.
The clip is actually from January 2022, filmed during anti-government protests in Almaty, Kazakhstan. pic.twitter.com/nI9kCiJQ1S
— Shayan Sardarizadeh (@Shayan86) March 14, 2024
“This video is going viral with claims that it shows vehicles on fire on a road in the Russian city of Belgorod today. The clip is actually from January 2022, filmed during anti-government protests in Almaty, Kazakhstan,” Sardarizadeh tweeted.
