# Claim: a mushroom cloud video shows Ukraine. It is AI-made

- By: Rumor Post Newsroom
- 2026-11-02T16:35:00.000Z
- Produced with artificial intelligence under human editorial supervision.

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**What the evidence says:** False. Full Fact, a UK fact-checker, published on 29 October 2026 that the video is not real and was made with AI. Meta's AI detector said AI signatures were found, and a reverse image search led to a 2025 AFP fact check of the same clip, then shared as a supposed Iranian nuclear test. According to Full Fact, AFP found it was first shared on YouTube on 16 May 2025, labelled an AI video. The Quint, which checked it in June 2025, found the same upload on a channel whose disclaimer says its videos are made with AI. Full Fact found no reports backing the losses claimed in the captions. It does not name the accounts sharing the video.

**Spread by:** Unidentified social media posts

## Excerpt

A video of a huge mushroom cloud is circulating with the claim that it shows Ukraine. On 29 October 2026 Full Fact rated it false and AI-made: the same clip went round in 2025 as a supposed Iranian nuclear test.

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