Social media users falsely shared an old video of a drone strike in Ukraine, claiming it showed India's retaliation against attacks on Hindus in Bangladesh. The PTI Fact Check Desk found that the visuals are months old and have been misrepresented through a misleading, inflammatory narrative.
Multiple social media users shared a video featuring fire at a structure, apparently set by a drone, claiming that Ukraine attacked Putin's residence with drones. However, the Desk concluded that the video actually dates back to 2023 and is not related to any attack on Putin's residence.
We could not independently verify other details about the footage. However, it dates back to May 2023, and hence unlinked to the recent Russian allegations on Ukraine.
Does a viral picture of what looks like an Israeli passport confirm that Volodymyr Zelenskyy became an Israeli citizen before he became president of Ukraine? No, that's not true: The image got the spelling of his last name wrong. The machine-readable text on the bottom of the first page didn't fit the internationally standardized form, either.
The video showing Volodymyr Zelensky near Kupyansk was not staged. The president's visit to the frontline city on December 12, 2025, was documented by official announcements, footage from the scene, and coverage by independent media, while OSINT analysts independently confirmed the location through geolocation. The clip promoted by propagandists as evidence of a "hologram" or green-screen effect is unrelated archival material from 2022, originally produced for a technology demonstration, and has no connection to Zelensky's address from the field.
As Russian President Vladimir Putin arrived in India for defence and trade talks on December 4, an old video surfaced in social media posts falsely claiming it showed New Delhi sending fighter jets to escort the leader's plane. The footage was published by Russian state news agency Sputnik in December 2017 and shows Putin's plane being escorted by Russian jets en route to Egyptian capital Cairo after a visit to Syria.
Claim: The viral video shows Indian Air Force fighter jets escorting Russian President Vladimir Putin's aircraft as he enters Indian airspace during his recent visit to India.
Fact: The video is from December 2017 and shows Russian Su-30 fighter jets escorting President Putin's aircraft during his visit to the Khmeimim Air Base in Syria. Hence, the claim is FALSE.
The video dates back to December 2017, when Putin visited the Russia-run Hmeimim Air Base in Syria.
From our investigation, we can say that the claim is false. The viral video doesn't show IAF jets escorting Russian President Vladimir Putin's aircraft through the Indian skies. The video is old. It shows the Russian fighter jets escorting President Putin's plane during his visit to Syria in December 2017.
Claim: The video shows IAF fighter jets escorting Russian President Putin's aircraft as it enters Indian airspace.
Fact: The claim is false. The video shows Putin's unannounced visit to Syria, where Russian Su-35 jets escorted his aircraft in 2017.