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PTI Fact Check: Old image of Russian S-400 destroyed by Ukraine falsely linked to recent India-Pakistan military conflict
Multiple social media users shared a photo showing a heavily damaged and likely destroyed military vehicle, specifically a radar or air defence system. The user claimed that Pakistan destroyed India's S-400 defence system. However, the Desk found that the photo shows a Russian S-400 defence system destroyed by Ukraine in 2024. The image was shared with a false claim on social media.
Fact Check: Video Of Fire At Sharjah Port Falsely Shared As Russia Attacking Ukraine
Video claiming to show Russia attacking Ukraine.
Fact Check: Russia bombs Ukraine airbases in military retaliation? No, video is from 2024
Claim: After a large-scale Ukrainian drone attack, the video shows Russia retaliating by bombing Ukrainian airbases.
Fact: The claim is false. The video shows Russian missiles raining down on Kyiv on July 8, 2024.
Fact Check: Video Game Footage Does NOT Show Actual Destruction of Russian Strategic Bombers | Lead Stories
Does a viral video really show the destruction of "40 Russian strategic bombers" of type TU-95 destroyed by a "daring...
Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show Russian Attack on Ukrainian Airbases in June 2025 | Lead Stories
Did a widely-shared clip show Russian missile strikes on Ukrainian airbases, in retaliation against a series of drone attacks on Russian warplanes in June 2025? No, that's not true: The footage was old, and dated to July 2024 at the latest. It appeared to show Russian missiles striking a children's hospital in Kyiv, not airbases.
Fact Check: Russia’s retaliation for Ukraine’s Spider’s Web? This video is from 2024 – India Today
The video dates back to July 2024. It does not show a recent Russian retaliatory strike on Ukraine.
Fact Check: Russian Nuclear Bomber Attacks Ukraine? 2024 Video Shared With False Claim
Claim: Russian nuclear bomber attacks Ukraine️ following the latter's large-scale drone strikes on June 1, 2025, targeting multiple airbases deep inside Russia.
Fact: Video dates back to November 21, 2024, when Russia fired its intermediate-range ballistic missile, targeting the Pivdenmash industrial plant in Dnipro, Ukraine.
PTI Fact Check: Old Ukraine video shared to falsely claim ‘Adampur military base damaged in Pakistani airstrike’
Multiple social media users recently shared an image claiming it depicted a key military installation in Punjab's Adampur that suffered damage due to Pakistan's airstrikes in the region. In its investigation, the Desk found that the viral image reportedly depicted Russian S-400 missile launch units destroyed by a Ukrainian airstrike in occupied Crimea in April 2024. An old and unrelated image was falsely shared on social media as recent with a false claim.
Video shows Russian drone striking Ukraine, not Indian drone intercepted by Pakistan | Snopes.com
The footage does not depict Pakistani forces shooting down an Indian drone. Rather, it shows a Russian drone falling outside Kharkiv, Ukraine.