In reality, this video was filmed in 2014 during the Battle of Mariupol, shortly after Russia annexed Crimea.
About this ratingIn March 2022, as Russia continued its attack on Ukraine, a video that supposedly showed a Ukrainian tank crashing through a barricade racked upThis video predated the 2022 conflict in Ukraine. It was filmed in 2014. While Russia Today , a television network owned by the Russian state,, it doesn’t appear that they re-ran it eight years later as if it showed an incident from Russia’s 2022 invasion of Ukraine.
One of the most serious clashes yet between Ukrainian forces and separatists, it edged the former Soviet republic closer to civil war. The pro-Western government in Kiev, labelled “fascist” by Moscow, said Putin’s visit was intended to escalate the crisis.While this video is real and shows a tank crashing through a barricade, it was not taken during Russia’s 2022 invasion of Ukraine.“Bloody Assault in Mariupol Dashes Hopes of Avoiding Civil War.” The Independent, 10 May 2014, https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/ukraine-crisis-bloody-assault-in-mariupol-dashes-hopes-of-avoiding-civil-war-9347972.html.
Kramer, Andrew E. “Ukrainian Forces Attack Militant-Held Police Station.” The New York Times, 9 May 2014. NYTimes.com, https://www.nytimes.com/2014/05/10/world/europe/ukraine-forces-destroy-police-building-in-restive-east.html.
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