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| Title: | Fact Check: NATO troops in Estonia for 2025 Independence Day, not military escalation |
| URL: | https://www.reuters.com/fact-check/nato-troops-estonia-2025-independence-day-not-military-escalation-2025-04-09/ |
| Publisher: | Reuters |
| Date published: | April 9, 2025 |
| Description: | A video of NATO troops and armoured vehicles in Estonia in February is not evidence of a recent military escalation with Russia, as has been suggested online. VERDICT: Miscaptioned. The video shows NATO troops in Tallinn on February 24, 2025, for Estonia’s Independence Day, according to NATO and British officials. Photos posted online in 2024 suggest the three armoured vehicles in the video were in Estonia long before February. |
