Claim: A French aerobatics team mixed up the sequence of colours during a display, creating the Russian flag instead of the French one.
Fact-check: French planes did not accidentally create the Russian flag during a display - Full Fact
Verdict: there's no evidence for that. while from one angle the display did resemble the russian flag, when the footage is viewed from the intended angle, it is clear that the colours are in the correct sequence to display the french flag.
Organisation: Full Fact
Author: Tony Thompson
Date published: 2024-05-28T00:00:00