“Picture of the day: A man draped in the Ukrainian flag embraces a woman wearing the Russian flag”
FACTLY rated this: MISLEADING
FACTLY says: The picture was not taken in the current scenario of the Russia-Ukraine crisis. It is an old photo
War and conflict
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“TikTok video shows Russian soldiers parachuting into Ukraine.”
PolitiFact rated this: False
PolitiFact says: A video of soldiers in uniform parachuting over fields quickly generated comments from users who believed they were seeing live the Russian invasion into Ukraine. The video was first shared on Instagram in 2015.
“Video of a Russian aircraft shot down by the Ukraine Military”
FACTLY rated this: MISLEADING
FACTLY says: The video was neither taken in Russia nor Ukraine. The video shows an old incident related to China
“Video shows footage from Russia invading Ukraine.”
PolitiFact rated this: False
“Recent video of Russia launching an airstrike against Ukraine”
FACTLY rated this: MISLEADING
FACTLY says: The video is not related to any recent Russian attack on Ukraine. It is an old video from Russia
“You can’t say it enough, Ukraine is not a democracy. … In American terms, you would call Ukraine a tyranny.”
Washington Post rated this: Lacks context
Washington Post says: Democracy experts say Ukraine is a democracy in transition, a "hybrid regime" seeking to break free of Russian influence.
“Anas Haqqani is Norway’s most wanted terrorist”
Soch Fact Check rated this: False
“I will start with the fact that modern Ukraine was entirely created by Russia or, to be more precise, by Bolshevik, Communist Russia.”
Washington Post rated this: False
Washington Post says: Putin tries to minimize Ukraine as a recent creation,
“Modern Ukraine was entirely created by Russia or, to be more precise, by Bolshevik, Communist Russia.”
PolitiFact rated this: An inaccurate, one-sided view
PolitiFact says: Parts of the territory of Ukraine were under the control of Poland, Lithuania, the Byzantine Empire and the Austro-Hungarian Empire for nearly 400 years before the Russians held sway.
“Video of Indian Army Jawans thrashing people spying for Pakistan in Ajmer”
FACTLY rated this: FALSE
FACTLY says: The video shared in the post shows old visuals of Madhya Pradesh police personnel thrashing a few Muslims for violating the COVID-19 lockdown norms. This incident took place in April 2020 at a Mosque located on Unkala r…
“Video shows troops at the Ukraine-Russia border on Jan. 27, 2022.”
PolitiFact rated this: False
“Visuals of a fight between the forces of Russia and Ukraine”
FACTLY rated this: FALSE
FACTLY says: The posted videos do not show real-life events. They are picked from a game called – ‘ARMA – 3’. The visuals have nothing to do with the ongoing crisis between Russia and Ukraine
“Image of a cycle embedded into a tree, which was left behind a young boy going off to war in 1914”
FACTLY rated this: FALSE
FACTLY says: According to various news reports, the bicycle was of Don Puz, a local resident of Vashon Island, and he’d probably left that behind back in 1954. Multiple news articles have reported the same. Experts have rejected tha…
“The first domestic terrorist attack against our Capitol and democracy was by left wing activists not by Trump supporters on January 6th, 2021 as the main stream media and democrats are trying to make you believe.”
PolitiFact rated this: Comparison is missing context
PolitiFact says: Attacks on the Capitol have occurred before, and mainstream media outlets reported on them. Comparing past Capitol attacks to Jan. 6 paints a misleading picture and needs additional context.
“The video shows a large number of army men destroying a large number of mobile phones and various electronic items.”
Vishvas News rated this: FALSE
Vishvas News says: The video of mobile being publicly destroyed by banning mobiles in Afghanistan is actually from a Pakistani event. The video’s claim that it went viral as a Video of Pakistan is false.
“Video of a fight between the forces of Russia and Ukraine (MiG-29 vs C-RAM)”
FACTLY rated this: FALSE
FACTLY says: The video shows a clip from the ‘ARMA – 3’ game. The posted video has nothing to do with the ongoing crisis between Russia and Ukraine
“Russia has never attacked anyone throughout its history.”
PolitiFact rated this: Pants on Fire
PolitiFact says: Historians cite upwards of a dozen examples dating back to the 1500s in which Russia or the Soviet Union attacked another country without being militarily attacked first.
“Says Joe Biden risks war with Russia because Vladimir Putin doesn’t “believe in transgender rights.”
PolitiFact rated this: Pants on Fire
PolitiFact says: Russia has moved as many as 150,000 troops to Ukraine's borders in a move to block it from ever becoming a NATO member. Transgender matters have nothing to do with this.
“Durham’s documents show that Hillary Clinton hired people who hacked into Trump’s home and office computers” and “planted evidence, fabricated evidence connecting Trump to Russia.”
PolitiFact rated this: False
“Claim: karukka vinodh not referred annamalai name in the petrol bomb issue”
Fact Crescendo rated this: FALSE