Russia's invasion of Ukraine has entered its seventh month, and the death toll continues to rise.
A claim circulating on social media claims NATO forces have been sent in to help.
"Putin is stuck: 10 thousand NATO Troops entered the territory of Ukraine!" reads the title of the Aug. 24 video.
The video garnered more than 40,000 views in its first week, along with a handful of Facebook shares. A similar claim garnered more than 80,000 views on Facebook in four days before it was deleted.
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Nevertheless, the claim is false. NATO has said it will not be sending troops directly into Ukraine to avoid conflict with Russia.
Though the video's title claims NATO sent 10,000 troops to Ukraine, the video itself does not contain any mention of NATO troops entering Ukraine, and it does not provide any evidence to support the claim.
NATO countries agree to collective defense, and under Article 5 of the alliance's founding treaty, an attack on one ally should be "considered as an attack against all," according to the organization.
Ukraine, however, is not a NATO member country, although NATO promised to add Ukraine to the alliance in 2008 and then again in 2021.
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