The claim: US M1 Abrams tanks have showedup in Ukraine
A Feb. 12 Facebook video (direct link, archived link) reveals a series of military weapons and workers.
“US Abrams M1 Tank Is Already In Ukraine! Russians Are Fleeing In Panic!” checksout the video’s caption.
The video was shared more than 90 times and seen more than 80,000 times in a week.
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Our ranking: False
The M1 Abrams tanks President Joe Biden stated would be sentout to Ukraine have not yet shownup. The lorries will take numerous months to procure and provide, according to a Defense Department representative.
M1 Abrams tanks have not gothere in Ukraine
The Abrams tanks devoted to Ukraine will take anumberof months to provide, Lt. Col. Martin Meiners told USA TODAY on Feb. 17.
Biden revealed Jan. 25 the U.S. will sendout 31 M1 Abrams tanks to Ukraine so its forces “will be muchbetter ready for extra counter-offenses,” according to a Defense Department press release.
Many of the video clips included in the post precede Biden’s statement.
Fact check: False claim Biden stated sendingout tanks to Ukraine would start world war
The veryfirst clip proving 2 tanks in a desert landscape appears in a Chinese-language video on YouTube published in2019 The 6th clip of a soldier holding a Ukrainian flag atop a tank was published on Instagram in June 2022 by a Ukrainian radio station. The video at the 1: 30 mark proving tanks on a forked roadway surrounded by trees was shared by a Russian news outlet in January priorto the U.S.’s statement.
The video’s audio explains the technical abilities of various weapons. It does not claim M1 Abrams tanks have showedup in Ukraine, nor does it offer proof to assistance the claim.
The choice to supply Ukraine with M1 Abrams tanks drew prevalent attention. Major news outlets, consistingof The Guardian and The New York Times, explained it as an escalation illustration the U.S. and its NATO allies closer to direct dispute with Russia.
USA TODAY hasactually exposed many incorrect declares about the war in Ukraine, consistingof that Biden stated sendingout tanks to Ukraine would start a world war, that the war is over and that U.S. help to Ukraine is double the expense for Afghanistan War.
USA TODAY reached out to the social media user who shared the claim for remark.
Our fact-check sources:
- Martin Meiners, Feb. 17, Email interview with USA TODAY
- Department of Defense, Jan. 25, Biden Announces Abrams Tanks to be Delivered to Ukraine
- The Guardian, Jan. 25, US signsupwith Germany in sendingout tanks to Ukraine as Biden hails ‘united’ effort
- The New York Times, Jan. 25, How Biden Reluctantly Agreed to Send Tanks to Ukraine
- Liberty Times Net (YouTube), July 10, 2019,「地表最強戰車」將登臺CHELOR’SDEGREE 美國批出CHELOR’SDEGREE售M1A2戰車
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