Since Russian troops invaded Ukraine, photos (not always verified) of tractors apparently towing abandoned tanks have been circulating.
A photo now circulating on social media platforms appears to be increasing this trend: a tractor can be seen towing an entire military jet. But the photo is from 2011 and doesn't even come from Ukraine.

The photo

The widely circulated photo shows a tractor apparently pulling a military jet through a city:

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No current photo, source: Twitter

A closer look

The military jet is a MiG-21 , a single-engine interceptor designed in the then Soviet Union and produced from 1958 to 1975. That alone makes one doubt whether the image is up to date, but let's just take a look at two details of the photo to make sure:

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Two telltale details in the photo

A coat of arms can be seen on the military jet. This is the coat of arms of Croatia!

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The coat of arms of Croatia, image source: Heraldry Wiki

In the background you can see the logo of a bank, and on the right side of the logo there is also a piece of an internet address. This is the logo and URL of the Croatian Raiffeisenbank:

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The Croatian Raiffeisenbank in the background

So we already have the location: The photo was taken in Croatia, not in Ukraine!

The photo can also be found in better quality on the Internet, for example HERE , and the date also shows when the photo was taken: 2011!

For example, as HERE and HERE , on the night of May 24th to 25th, 2011, the tractor pulled the military jet through the streets of Zagreb to take it to an exhibition on the occasion of the 20th anniversary of the formation of the Armed Forces of the Republic of Croatia bring.

Summary

No, Ukrainians did not capture a military jet, especially not one that was last built 47 years ago. The photo was taken in Zagreb, Croatia in 2011 to mark the 20th anniversary of the Croatian military.

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