An old video of a fire breaking out at an arms depot in the eastern town of Balakliya in Ukraine, is being falsely shared as footage showing Iran destroying an Israeli nuclear power plant with missiles, allegedly causing radioactive leakage.
Iran fired missiles and drones across the Middle East in retaliation for a joint US and Israeli strike that killed the Islamic republic's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. But a video circulating online purportedly showing strikes on an Israeli nuclear facility is unrelated; it shows an explosion at a Ukrainian ammunition depot in 2017.
A reverse image search of key frames from the viral clip led to a YouTube video uploaded on March 24, 2017, carrying the same visuals of a massive explosion. The footage predates the ongoing Israel-Iran conflict.
The image is edited. It repurposes a photo of a Ukrainian drone previously reported as captured by Russian forces, with a Mexican police emblem digitally added to create the false impression of a cartel seizure.
According to a viral graphic, US president Donald Trump warned his Russian counterpart of military action if he did not release Kenyans from combat duties in the war in Ukraine. However, the graphic is fabricated.
A video allegedly produced by Euronews is being spread online. It claims that during the Olympic Games in Milan, Ukrainian refugees Bohdan Honcharenko and Viktor Rudnyk robbed the outlet's film crew. In particular, they allegedly stole equipment worth €30,000 from a car. Milan Police Chief Bruno Megale urged visitors to the Games to keep a close eye on their belongings during the competitions. However, this is fake. Euronews did not publish such a video and did not report that its film crew had been robbed. Milan Police Chief Bruno Megale also did not make such a statement.
Information is circulating online claiming that generators provided by Polish volunteers are being sold on websites such as OLX. A video with screenshots of such listings is allegedly proof of this. This is fake. The frame showing a generator with a sticker about aid from Poland was taken from a volunteer's video report; it was not put up for sale. The video combined ordinary commercial listings with volunteer footage to create the illusion that aid was being resold.
False claims that Germany sent all of its power generators to Ukraine during the city's worst blackout since World War II are unfounded.
Following the attack on Venezuela, the US military has seized a Russian-flagged oil tanker and another ship in the North Sea. A video is circulating on social media, showing soldiers rappelling from a helicopter onto a ship. Some users are sharing the video and claiming that it shows the US military seizing a Russian-flagged oil tanker coming from Venezuela. Vishvas News investigated and found that while the US military did seize the Russian-flagged oil tanker, the viral video dates back to October 2025, when US Navy SEALs demonstrated their capabilities to President Trump. The same video is now being shared as a recent incident.
Claim
Social media posts claim the video shows US troops capturing a Russian oil tanker in the Atlantic Ocean
Fact
The video is from April 2025 and actually depicts a US-Philippines military exercise called Balikatan in Subic Bay