Truth points:
The video of “Russian fighter jets fly low over Ukraine” is actually a rehearsal for a Russian Victory Day military parade, not a combat flight. Also, the planes in the video are in dense formations, which are not normally used in combat. There are also some formations that adopt a multi-model mixed formation, which is impossible to adopt in actual combat.
Verified by: Jin Ge iron horse | Focus on military rumors and counterfeiting
On February 24, 2022, after a long period of fermentation, the relationship between Russia and Ukraine finally turned into a state of war this morning. Due to Russia’s sudden declaration of war on Ukraine, the current social media All kinds of true and false news are flying all over the sky. One of the videos, titled “Fighting between Russia and Ukraine, fighter jets fly low,” went viral. However, tracing back to the source found that this video was actually a flight rehearsal before a military parade on May 4, 2020 in Russia on Victory Day, not a combat flight. It could be photographed at a low altitude in a residential area because it was a military parade flight rehearsal. ——The flight altitude is so low.
In addition, even without the original source of this video, we can judge that this video was taken by the aircraft during the military parade by analyzing the formation and flight height of the aircraft in the video. Based on the following:
1. Formation too close
The aircraft in the video are in a dense formation, which is not normally used in combat. Because it is too dense, it is not convenient for the aircraft to maneuver. And a single anti-aircraft missile can destroy and damage multiple aircraft.
2. Special-shaped machine mixing
Part of the formation in the video is a mixed formation of multiple aircraft types. For example, one picture 160 is mixed with four pictures 22, and one picture 160 is mixed with one picture 95. This kind of special-shaped machine mix is impossible to take in actual combat. Because different models have different tactical actions and performances, the same model is generally formed in formation during combat to facilitate tactical actions.
1 pic 160 mixed with 4 pic 22
1 picture 160 mixed with 1 picture 95
3. Flying too low
The plane in the video is only a few hundred meters high. This altitude is the flying altitude of the military parade. Flying at this altitude, even small ground weapons can be hit.
The plane in the video is so close to the roof that it can be attacked with an anti-aircraft machine gun or even an automatic rifle.
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