War and conflict
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“This video shows drone strike in Iraq”
“This video shows Ukrainian forces destroying Russian KA-52 helicopter recently”
“Drone cameras have been banned across the Sindh province in Pakistan.”
“We all know that Manipur has been a complex state, even before BJP came to power. Peace and Manipur don’t co-exist. If you have a closer look, you can notice that before 2014 Manipur has seen more deaths, military fights and murders. Only after 2014, it is moving towards peace – Annamalai, Tamil Nadu BJP leader.”
“This video shows a missile hitting an urban area in Odessa”
“This video shows Zelenskyy with ‘war robot from U.K.’”
“There are bus connections from Krakow to occupied Melitopol, suggesting the war in Ukraine is a hoax.”
“This Pakistani army officer is Seema Haider”
“Video of terrorist caught in Srinagar, J&K”
“French military said they are ‘prepared to arrest Emmanuel Macron’”
“In a sensational revelation on #SeemaHaider, a shocking claim has been made that #SeemaHaider’s real name is #SamiaRehman and she is an #lSU agent of the #Paklstan Army whose aim was to trap the #Indian youth and settle in #India. But Y not any big post guy?”
“Hunter Biden was financing bio-labs in Ukraine”
“Visuals of Police personnel, army jawans, railway staff, and passengers collectively pushing to move a train”
FACTLY says: The visuals are related to the recent train accident, wherein, a portion of Howrah-Secunderabad Falaknuma Express caught fire causing damage to a few coaches. Responding immediately, the police, army and the passengers …
“China "bought 400,000 acres [of U.S. farmland] near our military installations.”
FactCheck.org says: Chinese investors own a total of 383,935 acres, or about 1% of foreign-held agricultural land in the U.S. It's not the amount near U.S. military installations.
“Shrapnel fragment photograph proves Ukraine destroyed a restaurant in Kramatorsk”
“Weapons sent to Ukraine were used to target French police during recent civil unrest.”
“Joe Biden launched unarmed nuclear bombs as a “Russia threat.”
PolitiFact says: Video in this post comes from The Associated Press coverage of a Feb. 9 U.S. nuclear missile test. The Air Force described it as routine. News reports on the testing did not mention Russia.