No, Moscow was not targeted in a missile attack

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Title: No, Moscow was not targeted in a missile attack
URL: https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/jun/30/facebook-posts/no-moscow-was-not-targeted-missile-attack/
Publisher: PolitiFact
Date published: June 30, 2022
Description:

The video does not show a missile attack against the city of Moscow.
Footage used in a social media video claiming to be from the attack was taken from unrelated incidents.

Our ruling
A Facebook video shared images claiming to be from a missile strike on Moscow, implying Ukraine launched the attack against the Russian capital.

There appears to be no basis to the claim as there has been no reporting or corroborating evidence that missiles were launched at the city.

The video misrepresented footage from a separate incident several years ago as being from the attack and falsely claimed a fire at a Russian facility was part of a Ukrainian military strike.

We rate this claim Pants on Fire!

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