
Video showed Ukrainian drones striking Russian bombers? | Snopes.com
The line between games and reality is more blurred than ever.

The line between games and reality is more blurred than ever.

The footage actually showed a Ukrainian strike on the Crimean port of Feodosia in December 2023 - not Ukrainian strikes on Russia in June 2025.

Claim: The video shows the aftermath of Russia's attack on Ukraine.
Fact: The claim is false. The video shows a fire breaking out at a fuel storage facility in Sharjah's Al Hamriyah Port on May 31.

Trump never made the above statement, nor did he call on Ukraine to compensate Russia for destroyed aircraft. We found no evidence in his publicized statements, in the news media or on his social media accounts to corroborate the claim. As such, it is an incorrect attribution.

The video doesn't show Moscow explosions in June 2025, it's a compilation of old footage from Crimea during past Russia-Ukraine conflicts.

Claim: Russian nuclear bomber attacks Ukraine️ following the latter's large-scale drone strikes on June 1, 2025, targeting multiple airbases deep inside Russia.
Fact: Video dates back to November 21, 2024, when Russia fired its intermediate-range ballistic missile, targeting the Pivdenmash industrial plant in Dnipro, Ukraine.

Did President Trump say that Ukraine must compensate Russia for the aircraft it destroyed in a June 1, 2025, drone attack on Russian air bases? No, that's not true: There is no record of President Trump posting these words on his social media accounts or saying them publicly. A Google search for the quote finds it only on social media posts not related to Trump. No news media reported the quote, although the photo on the meme of Trump speaking in the Oval Office would suggest he said it there in front of journalists.

The video dates back to July 2024. It does not show a recent Russian retaliatory strike on Ukraine.

Claim: The image shows a Ukrainian airbase destroyed in a retaliatory action by Russia.
Fact: The claim is false. The image is AI-generated.

Did a widely-shared clip show Russian missile strikes on Ukrainian airbases, in retaliation against a series of drone attacks on Russian warplanes in June 2025? No, that's not true: The footage was old, and dated to July 2024 at the latest. It appeared to show Russian missiles striking a children's hospital in Kyiv, not airbases.