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The video circulating online falsely claims to show British tanks deployed in Tallinn’s Estonian capital as part of a NATO plan to “attack” the Russian city of St. Petersburg.
1 post It has been seen more than 800,000 times sharing claims on X.
“NATO has arrived in Estonia. Tallinn’s British soldiers and tanks plan to attack St. Petersburg.”
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The same claims have been amplified on several platforms, including Instagram and Facebook.
Euroverify discovered that the footage actually shows the Royal Dragoon Guards of the British Army in Tallinn on February 24, 2025 as part of a parade to celebrate Estonia’s Independence Day.
Over 1,000 Estonian Defence Forces (EDF) and NATO alliances participated in their annual military parade to commemorate the 107th anniversary of Estonia’s independence.
Vehicles from the UK, France and the US were part of the annual procession.
Euroverify has been identified site of footage in the heart of Tallinn near the Estonian drama theatre.
This site can be seen in the image above captured from Google’s Street View.
I had the same address closed for traffic Allows tanks to pass through during the parade.
If you look closely at the tank license plate (DT16AA) you can see in the video, it is compatible with the tank. It is drawn Estonian press made a mistake during the Independence Day queue.
According to fact-checkers Reutersthe tank was portrayed in Estonia between May and December 2024, and proved that it had not “arrived” in the Baltic Sea, as online users argue.
We can certainly conclude that the video does not show military escalation in Tallinn, but rather shows tanks loaded into vehicles following the procession in February.
The video has been recirculating in recent weeks, with unfounded claims of military escalation, just as troops from seven allies, including the UK and France, joined Estonia’s military training.
According to the Alliance, these drills are called exercise hedgehogs, known as exercise hedgehogs, and are part of NATO’s efforts to improve “interoperability and integration” of the Alliance forces.
X Account, responsible for false claims, makes similar unfounded allegations about the impending “Siege of St. Petersburg” and constantly shares anti-nath, Prokremlin disinformation
Open Source Intelligence Experts link their accounts to the Matryoshka campaign. explained As a “coordinated” operation by a French cyber agency.
