Thai PBS Verify confirmed this is fake news and a distortion of facts. The truth is that there is unrest along the Thai-Cambodian border, but the false information involves using a video of Russia’s attack on Ukraine to mislead the audience.
Thai PBS Verify found the source of this fake news from Platform X.
An account on platform X named Latest News shared a video clip showing a city being hit by a bomb and bursting into flames.
On July 28, 2025, the account Latest News posted the video with the following caption: “BREAKING 🚨 💣🇹🇭🇰🇭💥Thailand launches airstrikes on Cambodian military bases Just as Russia and Ukraine remain battlefields, the next battlefield will be Thailand and Cambodia. 📸– unverified”
This can be interpreted as: Thailand has launched airstrikes on Cambodian military bases, while Russia and Ukraine remain battlefields. The next battlefield will be Thailand and Cambodia (unconfirmed).
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Image verification
By using the InVID-WeVerify tool to extract individual frames from the video and checking those frames with Google Lens, it was found that the footage matched images of Russia attacking the Ukrainian capital with missiles and drones. The incident occurred on June 6, 2025, and was published on the YouTube channel Times News.
An image showing the event: Russia attacking the Ukrainian capital with missiles and drones, which took place on June 6, 2025, as published on the Times News YouTube channel.
Timeline of events before Thailand deployed F- 16
Thai PBS reported on the unrest along the Thai-Cambodian border as follows:
On July 24, 2025, at 07:35 a.m., a Thai special operations unit stationed at Ta Muen Temple heard the sound of a Cambodian drone flying near Prasat Ta Muen Thom. Shortly after, Cambodia moved six fully armed soldiers, including RPGs, toward the barbed-wire boundary in front of the Thai base. The Thai side attempted to de-escalate the situation by shouting warnings to avoid confrontation and continued to maintain vigilance along the border.
However, at approximately 08:20 a.m., Cambodian troops opened fire from a position about 200 meters east of the Thai base at Ta Muen.
Later, at 09:40 a.m., Cambodia launched a BM-21 rocket that struck the center of Kab Choeng village in Surin Province, resulting in 2 civilians injured and 2 fatalities.
At 11:00 a.m., the Royal Thai Air Force deployed six F-16 fighter jets to support the Thai Army’s ground operations, targeting Cambodian military positions with heavy weapons at Infantry Division 8 Support Unit and Infantry Division 9 Support Unit. (link)
