Are these videos of the flooding of the British vessel Rubymar after the Husit attack?

In February 2024, two notes were distributed in the media and social networks, which allegedly show how the ship damaged by Yemeni militants goes under water. We checked the reliability of both records.

In November 2023, leaders supported by Iran Khusitov announcedthat their forces will attack all the courts held near the coast of Yemen, associated with Israel. A few months later, on February 20, 2024, two short videos began to massively distribute on the network, where the British ship supposedly captures under the water Rubymarwhich, how reported, was hit by the Husites in the Red Sea on the eve, that is, February 19. In some publications there are additional details: for example, that there were a ship released two anti -ship missiles, as a result of which arose Fire that the crew was Evacuated And what is it first A recorded case of destruction of the Western ship by Yemeni militants.

In some publications, there are immediately a couple of personnel of the alleged flooding of Rubymar. For example, the authors of Telegram channels did thisDmitry Vasilet"(233,000 views at the time of writing this analysis),"Militaryist Kitten"(137 000)," Mishovets Yegor "(89 000 And 76 000), "Evil journalist"(58,000) and"Fisherman"(52,000, post removed), as well as public"Military chronicle" (103,000) On VKontakte. However, most other resources have only one of two records-this was the case in Telegram channels "Russia now"(249,000 views),"Operational reports"(183 000),"Militarist"(165 000), Zergulio (140 000), Yo'l-yo'lakay (114,000, post in Uzbek), ""Ostashko! Important"(113,000),"Tucker Carlson in Russian"(87 000),"Sexton"(57 000), Tariknezalejko️️ (54,000) and "Freshness"(62 000). In addition, newspapers told about these videos "Arguments and facts" And "Business Online".

On the morning of February 19, the official representative of the Armed Forces of Yemen reportedthat during the operation in the Gulf of Aden, the Yemeni naval forces were struck by the British ship Rubymar. According to the speaker, the ship received catastrophic damage and completely stopped. “As a result of serious damage caused to the ship, now he can sink in the Gulf of Aden. During the operation, we made sure that the crew would leave the ship safely, ”the representative added.

In the evening of the same day in its report, the central command of the US Armed Forces Confirmedthat the day before, the Husites knocked out a British cargo ship:

On February 18, between 21:30 and 22:45 [local time], MV Rubymar, swimming under the flag of Belize and belonging to the UK, launched two anti -ship ballistic missiles from the Yemen territory, controlled by the Husita supported by Iran. One of the missiles hit on board, causing damage. The ship gave the distress signal, and the coalition warship, together with another merchant ship, responded to the call to help Rubymar crew. The team was delivered to a nearby port on a trading ship.

After 10 minutes in the X -account of the official representative of the Armed Forces I went out A new report according to which over the past day the country's Navy carried out four operations. “The first was directed against the British ship, as a result of which he, the glory of Allah, was completely sunk,” the summary said. However, the British state departments flooding Not confirmed.

Moreover, February 21 on BBC Published Fresh pictures, according to which the Rubymar balker did not go under water, despite the damage. The fact that the ship was above the water was confirmed by satellite pictures. According to the publication received from the operator of the vessel, at that time the ship was towed in Djibuti, but he could still sink. The Blue Fleet Group operator also said that one Husitov missile hit the side of the ship near his engine room and it tilted, and the second shell struck the deck. In addition, on February 21, journalists from the Les Observateurs project France 24 Contacted With one of Rubymar managers, and he confirmed that "the ship is stable and still afloat." February 24 The Central Command of the US Armed Forces clarifiedthat the ship is anchored, but slowly gains water, \ and that as a result of the attack, an oil spot of 18 miles (about 29 km) was formed.

However, both viral records show how the captured ship completely goes under water. In fact, these videos are old and have nothing to do with the attack on Rubymar on February 18, and flooding of different ships are shown on them.

Deliberate flooding off the coast of Brazil

Having fulfilled the reference search for the screenshot of the first video, Les Observateurs Factrans Found an article dated to June 2020, in which Described flooding of a cargo ship Stellar Banner off the coast of Brazil. A two-minute video, a fragment of which was encircled in February 2024, was published on YouTube on June 12, 2020. It shows how Stellar Banner, floating under the flag of the Marshalls and belonging to the South Korean company Polaris Shipping, was intentionally sunk after he received damage and sat aged with a load of ore in February 2020.

Shipwreck off the coast of Oman

As for the second incident, it was “verified” a 12-minute video With a second viral passage called “The ship is drowning in the eyes”, published on YouTube back in 2015. The description says that the frames are shown flooding Turkish balker Atlantik ConfidenceSowing under the flag of Liberia. The incident occurred in early April 2013 after a fire broke out in the machine department of the vessel on March 30.

Thus, both videos distributed in social networks and the media do not illustrate the flooding of Rubymar British balker in the Red Sea. In fact, the old incidents are captured on them: one occurred in 2020 off the coast of Brazil, and the other in 2013 off the coast of Oman.

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