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War & conflict fact checks

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Deutsche WelleWar & conflict

A user on the social media platform X shared a picture of a map with a drone crash site in Mniszkow. The post said it was one of the Russian drones that entered the Polish airspace in the early morning of September 10. That is almost 300 kilometers (180 miles) from the eastern Polish border, where the other drones were found. In the comments section, some users were wondering if this information was true.

Publisher’s rating: DW Fact check: True According to Poland's Interior Ministry Polish authorities are on duty in Podlasie, Mazovia, Lublin and Subcarpathia. At least three crash sites of 19 drones in total were confirmed in eastern Poland. However, another drone was also found in Mniszkow, a town located hundreds of kilometers away from the other crash sites. According to local authorities from Opoczno County, an object suspected of being a foreign military drone was discovered early in the morning of September 10 in a field in Mniszkow. It is true that a drone was found at this place, which matches the map attached in the social media post.

Deutsche WelleWar & conflict

A user on TikTok shares several videos allegedly showing Russian drone attacks on Poland. The description of one of the video reads "5 Minutes ago! Polish NATO Jets destroy record number of Shahed drones." The videos all have the same look and some have hundreds of thousands of views.

Publisher’s rating: Verdict: Fake The video scenes do not show the recent drones that entered Polish airspace, but are from the video game "Arma 3." Several users mentioned this suspicion in the comment section and referred to the video game. Through a reverse image search, it is possible to track it back to a YouTube account sharing the exact same scenes as the TikTok user. The description says: "Arma 3 footage! Not real news!" The account regularly shares videos of combat operations in the form of video game simulations, which are often linked to the war in Ukraine.

Deutsche WelleWar & conflict

A TikTok user has shared a video of a drone flying. The date mentioned in the video is "Poland, 10 September 2025," linking it to the current incident of Russian drones entering Polish airspace. The video was viewed more than 2.4 million times.

Publisher’s rating: DW Fact check: False The video does not show a Russian drone in Poland, and that's quite easy to detect: An important first detail is the daylight in the video. The video shows a drone during the day, but the drones appeared overnight. The first airspace breach occurred at about 11:30 p.m. local time (2130 GMT/UTC) and continued until about 6:30 a.m. It was dark at that time. A reverse image search provides further information: The video has already appeared several times in the past, such as in February, when a Ukrainian website reported on Russian drone attacks, and again in July. So the video is not linked to the current situation. Still, we were not able to find the exact origin of the video.

ARIJWar & conflict

إسقاط أم المجندة كابتن إيلا، اللواء اليهودية الأشكنازية يوعيل أدرعي، عمة المتحدث الرسمي باسم جيش الإسرائيلي

Publisher’s rating: مفبرك

The review says the claim began circulating on 7 September 2025 and that Captain Eila directly denied it, saying her mother was still alive. It also reports that neither Voice of Palestine nor Palestinian broadcasting institutions published the story, and that no Israeli media outlet covered it.

يوب يوبWar & conflict

نشرت حسابات وصفحات على منصات التواصل الاجتماعي مقطعي فيديو ادعت أنهما لمواجهات حديثة في جبهة المشجح بمأرب بين الجيش اليمني ومسلحي جماعة الحوثيين

Publisher’s rating: مضلل

The review says the first clip is old footage of clashes between Azerbaijan and Armenia, not Yemen. It reports that the second clip is also old and unrelated to recent clashes.