Verified X user pushes old photo of Russian military parade, and alarmist claim, to mislead followers about routine Russian naval exercises in the Red Sea.
The Rubymar cargo ship sinking off the coast of Yemen on February 27, 2024. The Belize-flagged, British-registered and Lebanese-operated cargo ship was damaged in a missile strike on February 25 claimed by the Iran-backed Huthi rebels. On March 28, the U.S. Central Command said the U.S. military had destroyed four drones launched by Iran-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen.
Sympathetic social media users, in turn, have repeatedly tried to exaggerate the success of those strikes. Some social media users suggest that support may go further, insinuating that Russia and North Atlantic Treaty Organization forces, which include the U.S. and the U.K., might clash in the region.
Screen capture of a post by blue-checked X user Alex_Oloyede2, which spreads the misleading claim that Russian and NATO forces could have a confrontation in the Red Sea. And those reports suggest the Russian ships, rather than confronting NATO, were engaged in training against the exact sort of attacks the Houthis have been launching.
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