Fact Check: Is Kyiv, the capital of Ukraine is under cruise and ballistic missiles attack?

The tension between Russia and Ukraine is increasing every hour, the Russian military has too launched a military war against Ukraine, resulting in the killing of 40 military men.

In between these tensions, many videos and pictures are getting viral all over the social media

The getting attraction of lot many people. Likewise, a picture is revolving over the social media getting maximum attraction of viewers on social media sites.

The picture of a large explosion is shared under the caption, “As Russia’s Putin announces a ‘military operation’ in Ukraine, Ukrainian Interior Ministry confirms that its capital Kyiv is under attack from Russian cruise and ballistic missiles. War has begun.”

And the heat of this news of the start of world war 3 is throughout the social media sites and people are presenting their opinion on this issue. The picture of explosion can be seen below:

BREAKING: As Russia's Putin announces a 'military operation' in Ukraine, Ukrainian Interior Ministry confirms that its capital Kyiv is under attack from Russian cruise and ballistic missiles. War has begun. pic.twitter.com/pxzMTiAx2O

— MD Rais Ansari (@Rais76Ansari) February 24, 2022

Fact Check:

Through reverse image search we found this image in the getty image site. This picture is of Israeli airstrikes in the Gaza Strip, controlled by the Palestinian Islamist movement Hamas,  and was of  May 10, 2021 when  Israel launched deadly airstrikes on Gaza in response to a rockets fired by the Islamist movement Hamas amid spiraling violence sparked by unrest at Jerusalem’s Al-Aqsa Mosque. The link is embedded below:

Conclusion:

Therefore this image of the explosion is not from recent times but from the year 2021. When Israel launched deadly airstrikes on Gaza.

Claim Review: Kyiv, the capital of Ukraine is under cruise and ballistic missiles attack.

Claimed by: social media users.

Fact Check: misleading.