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dpa-factcheckingWar & conflict

157 000 Soldatinnen und Soldaten der ukrainischen Armee sind im Krieg getötet worden, während nur 18 480 Angehörige der russischen Armee ums Leben gekommen sind.

Publisher’s rating: Die Zahlen sind unseriös. Die Nato hat keine Truppen in den Ukraine-Krieg entsandt. Die Ukraine verfügte mehreren Berichten zufolge gar nicht über so viele Flugzeuge, wie angeblich abgeschossen worden sein sollen. Die verbreiteten Zahlen stammen von einer türkischen Website, die weder einen Link zu einer Quelle noch andere authentische Beweise nennt. Schätzungen kommen für Russland zu deutlich mehr getöteten Soldaten.

The fact-check investigates a viral sharepic claiming that 157,000 Ukrainian soldiers had been killed and 18,480 Russian soldiers had died. It notes that wartime casualty totals are difficult to determine and that some reported figures combine deaths and injuries, so figures labelled “losses” cannot automatically be compared with death counts. The sharepic also presented other claims, including deaths among NATO personnel, and listed military-equipment losses. The investigation traced the figures to an article on the Turkish website Hurseda Haber. That article attributed them to alleged Israeli intelligence service Mossad data, but the review found that the information had not been reported elsewhere and that there was no evidence Mossad had supplied it. Hurseda Haber also referred vaguely to “agencies” without identifying them. The review therefore found no substantiation for the sharepic’s figures in the stated provenance. To assess the casualty numbers against other available estimates, the review cited estimates and statements from named officials and media reporting. In January 2023, Norway’s defence minister referred to 180,000 Russian dead or wounded and 100,000 Ukrainian military dead or wounded, as well as 30,000 Ukrainian civilian deaths. Other cited estimates likewise put Russian deaths or combined casualties far above 18,480. These comparisons are not like-for-like death counts, a limitation the review expressly notes; they nevertheless do not validate the sharepic’s precise numbers. The review also checked related claims on the sharepic. NATO says it provides support but does not send troops to Ukraine, and the review noted that the Ukrainian air force did not possess as many aircraft as the sharepic claimed had been destroyed. Those checks bear on the sharepic’s broader reliability, rather than independently establishing exact death totals. The evidence presented does not support treating the sharepic’s precise casualty figures as verified.

FACTLYWar & conflict

పుల్వామా ఉగ్రవాద దాడిలో మరణించిన సిఆర్‌పిఎఫ్ జవాన్లకు ‘అమరుల’ హోదా ఇవ్వలేమని మరియు ఆయా సైనికుల కుటుంబాలకు పెన్షన్ సదుపాయం ఉండదని కేంద్ర ప్రభుత్వం ఢిల్లీ హై కోర్టుకు ఇచ్చిన అఫిడవిట్లో పేర్కొంది

Publisher’s rating: FALSE

dpaWar & conflict

Griekse militairen vallen Turkije binnen.

Publisher’s rating: De video toont geen militairen die Turkije binnenvallen. Het zijn beelden van Griekse militairen, net voor of net na een militaire parade in Thessaloniki in 2021.

The claim concerned a night-time video of a military column, shared online as showing Greek troops crossing into Turkey after the February 2023 earthquakes. The investigation found that the footage did show Greek military vehicles, but not an incursion into Turkey: it located the scene in Thessaloniki, Greece, about 270 kilometres from the Turkish border. The review notes that the video showed a Greek flag on a tank, while the street setting and visible shop sign pointed to Thessaloniki rather than Turkey or the border area. (S1: “Een video laat een legercolonne zien die door nachtelijke straten rijdt.”; “De beelden komen echter niet uit Turkije of zelfs niet van aan de Turks-Griekse grens.”; “De video is gemaakt in een straat in Thessaloniki, op zo'n 270 kilometer van de Turkse grens.”) To check the location, the investigators used the shop name visible in the footage, searched for “Mymed Greece,” and compared the resulting location with Google Street View. They report that the shop and street buildings matched, as did smaller details outside the shop. This places the filmed column in Thessaloniki, rather than establishing a movement into Turkey. (S1: “Op 00:12 is de naam van een winkel te zien: Mymed.”; “Op Google Streetview is de winkel te herkennen, net als de gebouwen in de straat.”) The review also identifies clues connecting the vehicles to Greek parade events. A tank in the footage bore the number “200” within the Greek flag. The investigation says that marking was used on two military vehicles in connection with the 2021 bicentennial of Greek independence. It considers the footage likely to have been recorded shortly before or after the Thessaloniki parade on 28 October 2021, while noting that the original Facebook recording could not be immediately found. The location and event clues therefore contradict the claim that the video shows troops entering Turkey after the 2023 earthquakes. (S1: “Op 00:15 is te zien dat het getal