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Video showing ‘NATO soldiers now in Ukraine’ was filmed in Afghanistan in 2021

A number of social media posts have inaccurately claimed a video shows “NATO soldiers now in Ukraine”.

The video was actually filmed in Afghanistan in August 2021, and shows military personnel involved in evacuations taking place at an airport in Kabul following the withdrawal of US and NATO troops from the country.

Posts being shared on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter feature clips or screenshots of a TikTok video showing military personnel, vehicles and aircraft, as well as large crowds of people.

The video, which has been viewed more than 5.8 million times on TikTok, features text which reads: “NATO soldiers now in Ukraine.”

Full Fact has found a longer version of the video posted on Facebook on 18 August 2021, captioned: “More scenes #Kabul Airport in…


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German court convicts eight over illegal "bulletproof" data center in former NATO bunker – DatacenterDynamics

A German court has convicted eight people who were involved in operating a data center at a former NATO bunker.

Among the illegal services allegedly hosted at the German data center were Cannabis Road, Fraudsters, Flugsvamp, Flight Vamp 2.0, orangechemicals, and the world’s second-largest narcotics marketplace, Wall Street Market.

A large-scale attack on Deutsche Telekom routers in November 2016 is also thought to have been controlled via servers hosted there.

The ‘CyberBunker’ facility in Traben-Trarbach, western Germany, was raided by more than 600 police officers in September 2019.

Built by the West German military in the 1970s, the site was used by the…


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