War and conflict

1,754 claims on this topic checked by other fact-checking organisations. Topics are sorted by the words in each claim and cover English-language checks.

Checked by Washington Post11 Aug 2022United States War and conflict

Kevin McCarthy, House Minority Leader (R-Calif.)

“Do you make $75,000 or less? Democrats’ new army of 87,000 IRS agents will be coming for you — with 710,000 new audits for Americans who earn less than $75k.”

Washington Post rated this: Three Pinocchios

Washington Post says: The Biden administration is planning to hire 87,000 IRS employees over the next 10 years — not IRS audit agents. The audit figure lacks signficant context.

Checked by Vera Files2 Aug 2022Philippines War and conflict

Social media posts

“A female UP student named Kelly Trinidad says she does not support the proposed mandatory ROTC program because she does not want to go to war.”

Vera Files rated this: Fake

Checked by FACTLY1 Aug 2022India War and conflict

Social media posts

“Visuals of an army aspirant killing himself by standing in front of a running train, as he is ineligible for the post according to new recruitment rules under Agnipath scheme”

FACTLY rated this: MISLEADING

FACTLY says: The man in the video is B. Sanjay Kumar (28), a native of Odisha, who was staying in Hyderabad. He was working in a hardware shop and was suffering from mental illness. On 21 November 2021, he went to Ramagundam Railway…

Checked by FACTLY26 Jul 2022India War and conflict

Social media posts

“Video of an army jawan hitting back a police constable for misbehaving with him”

FACTLY rated this: FALSE

FACTLY says: The video shared in the post is a scripted one. The man who is seen slamming a policeman in the video is Shanky Singh, a professional wrestler who is working now in WWE. Shanky Singh has nothing to do with the Indian Ar…

Checked by Fact Crescendo Cambodia25 Jul 2022Cambodia War and conflict

Social media posts

“Facebook user recently posted a photo of Myanmar military leader, Min Aung Hlaing, in a military uniform with a number of medals. This photo is attached with the caption “want to wear a hundred stars”.”

Fact Crescendo Cambodia rated this: Altered

Checked by PolitiFact22 Jul 2022United States War and conflict

Social media posts

“Belarus declares war on Poland.”

PolitiFact rated this: False

Checked by PolitiFact22 Jul 2022United States War and conflict

Social media posts

“Military take over on May 11 confirmed!”

PolitiFact rated this: Pants on Fire

Checked by PolitiFact22 Jul 2022United States War and conflict

Social media posts

“U.S. military arrests Michael Sussmann.”

PolitiFact rated this: Pants on Fire

Checked by PolitiFact22 Jul 2022United States War and conflict

Social media posts

“Video shows Joe Biden putting a Medal of Honor on a Vietnam War veteran backward.”

PolitiFact rated this: Pants on Fire

Checked by PolitiFact22 Jul 2022United States War and conflict

Social media posts

“Video shows Russian artillery tanks “completely destroyed by Bayraktar TB2 drones” on July 2.”

PolitiFact rated this: False

Checked by Vera Files21 Jul 2022Philippines War and conflict

Social media posts

“Russia announced that it will invade a territory of the United States.”

Vera Files rated this: False

Checked by FACTLY19 Jul 2022India War and conflict

Social media posts

“Video shows army personnel forming a human chain to rescue people from floods in Sri Ganganagar (Rajasthan)”

FACTLY rated this: MISLEADING

FACTLY says: The posted video shows an old incident in Nainital (Uttarakhand). It is not related to Sri Ganganagar (Rajasthan).

Checked by FactRakers1 Jul 2022Philippines War and conflict

Lorraine Badoy, Then president communications undersecretary

“Bulatlat recruits students to New People's Army”

FactRakers rated this: NO BASIS

FactRakers says: Badoy did not substantiate the claim and is famous for red-tagging

Checked by FACTLY1 Jul 2022India War and conflict

Social media posts

“Recent video of army aspirants attacking a police vehicle in Bihar while demanding the rollback of the Agnipath scheme”

FACTLY rated this: FALSE

FACTLY says: The video is related to an old incident where local residents of a village in Bhadrak district in Odisha attacked police and vandalised their vehicle after the suicide of a fellow resident, following an alleged assault …

Checked by PolitiFact30 Jun 2022United States War and conflict

Social media posts

“An image shows a “UFO photographed on June 21, 2014 by the pilot from the cockpit of an F-16 military plane flying near Lackland Air Force Base of the United States located in San Antonio, Texas.”

PolitiFact rated this: False

Checked by FACTLY27 Jun 2022India War and conflict

Social media posts

“Video of a terrorist caught in Faridabad recently”

FACTLY rated this: FALSE

FACTLY says: Faridabad Police clarified that the video was part of a mock drill conducted by CISF in a metro station recently. We could not find any recent news reports of a terrorist being arrested in Faridabad metro station

Checked by FACTLY20 Jun 2022India War and conflict

Social media posts

“Video showing an Army aspirant standing up to the Police during the protests against Agnipath scheme in Bihar”

FACTLY rated this: FALSE

FACTLY says: The visuals of the video are from 2021 in Kashmir, not the from Bihar. On 17 August 2021, Police in Kashmir fired tear gas and warning shots to disperse people who gathered in light of the Muharram processions. The visu…

Checked by FACTLY20 Jun 2022India War and conflict

Social media posts

“Visuals of soldiers refusing to lathi charge the protesting opposing the Agnipath scheme”

FACTLY rated this: MISLEADING

FACTLY says: Students have staged protests in multiple parts of the country opposing the Agnipath scheme. However, it is the respective police who are dealing with these protests and there are no reports of army deployment in any st…

Checked by Fact Crescendo Sri Lanka17 Jun 2022Sri Lanka War and conflict

Social media posts

“A Scene of Russian Kinzhal Missile Striking an Ukrainian Underground Arms Depot !!”

Fact Crescendo Sri Lanka rated this: False

Checked by Vera Files16 Jun 2022Philippines War and conflict

Clarita Carlos

“The Philippines will "take a neutral stance" on the Ukraine-Russia war.”

Vera Files rated this: Flip-flop

Vera Files says: President-elect Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. said he "stand[s} united with the rest of the world for Russia to respect Ukraine's freedom and its citizens' democratic way of life."