No, this video does not show a drone attack on ships in Egypt

On July 29, the Energos Winter, a US-owned natural gas storage vessel, was struck by an unidentified drone at Damietta. The fire also spread to the GasLog Salem, a Greek-owned LNG tanker. Damietta, on Egypt’s Mediterranean coast, is one of Egypt’s main liquefied natural gas (LNG) export hubs serving Europe. Several videos show the aftermath of the attack, including thick smoke rising from the Damietta LNG terminal and firefighters spraying water onto the vessels. The fires were extinguished, and Egyptian authorities reported no casualties. Another video circulated widely on Instagram, X and Telegram, attracting millions of views. It shows the moment a drone strikes the bridge of a ship. The sailor filming the footage can be heard speaking Arabic before running towards the bridge after the explosion. In this X post, a video falsely described as showing a drone attack on a US vessel in Egypt has been viewed more than one million times. The video in fact shows a Ukrainian drone striking a Russian-owned ship in the Black Sea on July 24. © Observers The footage predates the Damietta incident by five days. The vessel shown is the New Victory, a Russian bulk carrier struck by a Ukrainian ...