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A video shared on Facebook claims to show a Russian nuclear submarine surfacing on a beach in Hawaii. Verdict: False The video is from Hawaii Five-O, a television show. There is no evidence any Russian nuclear submarine is present or has been detected near Hawaii. Fact Check: Russian President Vladimir Putin recently oversaw the commission of several new Russian naval vessels, including the Generalissimus Suvorov nuclear submarine, according to The Associated Press . The new submarine is reportedly the sixth of its new class to join the country’s navy, the outlet reported. The Facebook video, which has over 1.4 million views, claims a Russian nuclear submarine was seen in Hawaii. The video’s caption reads, Russia’s most advanced nuclear submarine is suddenly floating in the Hawaiian Sea. There is, however, no evidence of a Russian submarine near Hawaii. If a Russian nuclear submarine had been spotted near Hawaii, media outlets would have covered it, yet none have . The U.S. Indo-Pacific Command did not release any statements about a Russian submarine near Hawaii. (RELATED: Did Ukraine Sentence A Man To 15 Years In Prison For Displaying A Russian Flag?) Through a reverse image search, Check Your Fact found that the video is from the television show Hawaii Five-0. Part of the video was shared on YouTube . The episode was aired in 2018 and featured a Russian submarine that surfaced near Hawaii due to a mutiny, according to the Hawaii Five-O fandom website . Russia did have a naval vessel near Hawaii in May 2022, according to Newsweek . Russia previously sent vessels to international waters outside of Hawaii in May 2021 and July 2021, the outlet reported. Misinformation around the Russian-Ukrainian conflict is not new. Check Your Fact recently debunked a video claiming that 80,000 Ukrainian troops were besieging Russian soldiers in the Donetsk region.
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