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Russische tank draagt de letter "Q".
Publisher’s rating: De foto is bewerkt. Op de originele foto stond de vaakgebruikte letter "Z" op de Russische tank.
The claim concerned a picture shared on Facebook that appeared to show a Russian tank marked with a Q, interpreted by some users as a reference to QAnon. The investigation traced the picture to an original image held by Alamy, which the review says came from the Russian news agency Tass. That original depicts a Russian tank on Crimea on 24 February, the first day of the invasion. Comparing the circulated image with the original, the review found that the marking on the front of the tank had been altered: the original shows a Z, not a Q. It also notes that a Z remains visible on the tank’s side in both versions. The review says the screenshot containing the image itself acknowledges that it is manipulated. The post’s surrounding context also matters. The screenshot was from a 31 March post that appeared to come from anonup. Its wording included “imagine,” which the review says suggested a wish for Q to appear on Russian tanks, rather than an assertion that it already did. The review reports no evidence that Q was among the symbols used on Russian military vehicles.
កូនស្រីបាច់ផ្កាជូនឪពុកមុនទៅធ្វើសង្គ្រាមជាមួយរុស្ស៊ី ទឹកចិត្តកូនស្រី។
Publisher’s rating: False
The person in a burqa who threw a petrol bomb at the CRPF camp in Sopore (J&K) is Rayees Ahmad Bhat
Publisher’s rating: MISLEADING
CNN gibt Bilder aus Edmonton (Kanada) als Bilder aus der Ukraine aus.
Publisher’s rating: Die Behauptung ist falsch. Die Bilder zeigen einen kürzlichen Brand in Lwiw, Ukraine. Die Feuerwehrjacke mit dem Schriftzug «Edmonton» stammt aus Sachspenden, die ukrainische Feuerwehrleute in den vergangenen Jahren von verschiedenen Feuerwehren aus Kanada erhalten haben.
Pendant que tous les regards sont tournés vers l'Ukraine et la Russie, la Chine a pénétré l'espace aérien de Taiwan dans l'espoir de l'annexer.
Publisher’s rating: Il s’agit d’une photo de 2019 montrant des exercices militaires. Malgré de nombreuses incursions d’avions chinois dans les zones d'identification de défense aérienne taïwanaises, il ne s’agit pas « d’une invasion militaire » pour annexer Taiwan.
The Facebook post attributed to Congo News + claimed that nine Chinese aircraft had entered Taiwan’s defense zone to annex the island, taking advantage of attention on Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. The dpa review examined both the post’s image and the claim about Chinese aircraft, and found that the image did not depict the alleged incursion. It showed four helicopters, not the military aircraft described in the post. To trace the image, the review says it used reverse-image search and located the original in a Reuters photo gallery. The photograph shows Taiwanese AH-64 Apache helicopters firing during a military exercise at Pingtung on May 30, 2019. The exercise simulated an invasion of the island by China’s People’s Liberation Army; the image therefore shows Taiwanese forces rehearsing a defense scenario, not Chinese forces invading Taiwan. The review also distinguishes reported Chinese aircraft activity in Taiwan’s air defense identification zone (ADIZ) from an invasion or entry into Taiwan’s national airspace. It reports that Chinese military aircraft regularly enter the ADIZ, but explains that these zones are larger than national airspace and cannot be treated as equivalent to it. It cites Taiwanese reporting of more than 2,900 incursions in 2020 and 149 Chinese military aircraft flights between September 16, 2020, and the end of August 2021. Those figures describe repeated ADIZ activity; they do not establish the post’s claim that the pictured event was an invasion to annex Taiwan.
Dieses Foto zeigt einen Hubschrauber, der von der ukrainischen Armee abgeschossen wurde und die Aufschrift "nach Berlin" trägt.
Publisher’s rating: Falsch. Die Beschriftung des Hubschraubers mit einer alten Bezeichnung der russischen Luftstreitkräfte sowie Informationen zur Herkunft des Fotos beweisen, dass das Bild nicht aktuell ist.
The claim concerns a photo of a Russian military helicopter bearing the Cyrillic words “на Берлин” (“nach Berlin”), presented as a helicopter used in current fighting in Ukraine. The investigation confirms that the visible words can be translated as “nach Berlin,” but finds that the photo does not establish a current deployment: another marking identifies an earlier designation of the Russian air force. The review describes two sets of visible details. The helicopter bears the markings “RF91165” and a red star, and also the words “ВBС РОССИИ.” According to the review, that was the designation of the Russian air force up to 2015; it was then renamed the Russian Aerospace Forces, with equipment marked “BKC РОССИИ.” The review contrasts this older marking with a photo distributed by the Ukrainian army of a helicopter apparently shot down recently, which shows the later designation. The photo’s provenance also undercuts the claim that it depicts a current battlefield event. The review says the image includes a registration, photo number 21351 and the address RussianPlanes.Net. It found the photo on that site, where it was credited to Andrej Proskurin and listed as uploaded in 2017 and taken in Voronezh, Russia. The exact date the photograph was taken is not known, so the evidence does not establish when it was made; it does show that the image circulated online years before the claimed current use.
Voertuigen die Britten aan de Oekraïeners hebben gedoneerd worden in verkocht in de regio van Kiev.
Publisher’s rating: Onjuist
Scholz zegt dat sancties al maanden zijn voorbereid, maar de oorlog is pas weken oud.
Publisher’s rating: De uitspraken van Scholz worden uit de context gehaald en met onterechte insinuaties gedeeld. In de speech spreekt Scholz inderdaad over het feit dat de sancties tegen Rusland door de EU al maandenlang werden voorbereid. Dat is alleen geen bewijs dat Duitsland en de andere EU-landen de oorlog op hun planning hadden staan. De dreiging van Rusland aan de Oekraïense grens groeide weer sinds 2021. Sinds eind 2021 werd er dus weer meer over sancties gepraat als diplomatiek middel om een oorlog te voorkomen.
EEUU reclutará mujeres para llevarlas a pelear a la guerra en Ucrania
Publisher’s rating: Falso
Auf einem abgeschossenen, russischen Helikopter steht "nach Berlin"
Publisher’s rating: Die Aufschrift "Nach Berlin" auf dem Foto eines fliegenden russischen Helikopters ist mit hoher Wahrscheinlichkeit echt. Mehrere Fotos unterschiedlicher Quellen zeigen diesen Spruch auf demselben Hubschrauber. Allerdings stammt das Foto mutmaßlich aus dem Jahr 2017. Die Botschaft ist also nicht aktuell. Der Slogan "Nach Berlin" ist in Russland schon seit vielen Jahren beliebt, beispielsweise auch als Autoaufkleber.
রাশিয়ার অনেক সেনারা নিহত হয়ে পড়ে আছে আবার অনেকে আহত
Publisher’s rating: False
Obama hat acht Jahr lang alle 20 Minuten lang Bomben abgeworfen. Trump hat niemals Bomben abgeworfen.
Publisher’s rating: Die USA haben auch unter Donald Trump bewaffnete Konflikte geführt und sogar stärker als unter Obama bewaffnete Drohnen eingesetzt. Die Angabe über die Bombenabwürfe während Obamas Amtszeit ist ungenau.
The review examines a Facebook graphic contrasting Barack Obama and Donald Trump: it claims Obama had bombs dropped every 20 minutes throughout his eight years in office, while Trump never did. The review says the post gives no source for the Obama figure. It identifies a possible origin for the statistic, but emphasizes that the figure refers to a single year, not Obama’s full presidency. [S1: “Über Obama heißt es im Facebook-Posting, er habe während seiner achtjährigen Amtszeit angeblich alle 20 Minuten Bomben abwerfen lassen. Eine Quelle für diese Zahl wird jedoch nicht genannt.”] The review also documents why the claim that Trump never used bombs is misleading. The United States remained involved in armed conflicts during his presidency, including the Afghanistan war, in which US forces had fought since 2001 and airstrikes were used. It also describes Trump’s order to kill Iranian commander Qassem Soleimani in a drone attack in Baghdad around the turn of 2019–2020. [S1: “Donald Trump übernahm mit seinem Amtsantritt im Jahr 2017 Verstrickungen in mehrere bewaffnete Konflikte, die die USA unter seinen Vorgängern begonnen und geführt hatten.”] The review further reports that Trump continued and expanded the drone-strike strategy used under Obama. It notes that armed drones can fire missiles as well as drop bombs. Taken together, this evidence contradicts the absolute claim that Trump never used bombs, while the Obama statistic is presented with a misleading timeframe. [S1: “Erhebungen von Investigativjournalisten zufolge wurden solche Programme unter Trump stark ausgebaut - in Afghanistan, Pakistan, dem Jemen und im Kampf gegen die Terrormiliz Al-Shabaab in Somalia.”]
Es auténtico el video de un ataque al centro urbano de la ciudad ucraniana de Járkov que circula en Twitter
Publisher’s rating: Auténtico
২৬৬ দিনের যুদ্ধে ত্রিশ লাখ মানে দৈনিক ১১,২৭৮ জন শহীদ হলেন। এরকম অসংখ্য শহীদের মাঝে একজনও আওয়ামীলীগের টপ সারির তো দূরের কথা থানা লেবেলের কোনো সভাপতি / সেক্রেটারিও খুঁজে পাওয়া যায় না….ক্যান।? অথচ কথায় কথায় বলা হয় আওয়ামীলীগ মুক্তিযুদ্ধের দল! তাহলে সত্য কোনটা?আওয়ামিলীগ দেশের জন্য যুদ্ধ করেছে- এইটা, নাকি শহীদ সংখ্যা ৩০ লক্ষ এইটা ?
Publisher’s rating: False