Viral Image of Russian Plane Crash Found to Be from 2013 San Francisco Incident

A passenger aircraft operated by Angara Airlines crashed in Russia, killing all 49 people on board on 24 July 2025. Angara, a Siberian regional airline, was en route from Blagoveshchensk to Tynda, an important railway junction in the Amur region, carrying 42 passengers, five children, and six crew members. Against this backdrop, an image of […]

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Did the beluga whales warn Russia before the massive earthquake? Viral claim is false

This viral video is from 2023 and it has no connection to the recent earthquake in Russia. It is commonly believed that animals can detect natural disasters before they occur. Stories about animals and birds sensing storms and earthquakes abound in the aftermath of natural disasters. Following the earthquakes in Russia videos purportedly depicting this […]

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Old Tsunami video from Greenland goes viral as recent from Russia

This is an old video from Greenland and it dates back to 2017. A powerful earthquake of magnitude 8.8 struck off Russia’s far eastern Kamchatka Peninsula on Wednesday, 30 July 2025, triggering a Pacific Ocean tsunami warning. Destructive tsunami waves could reach areas along the coasts of Russia and Japan in the next three hours, according to […]

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Old CCTV footage from Myanmar earthquake goes viral as the recent earthquake in Russia

This video shows a CCTV footage from an electronics store in Myanmar when the earthquake hit the country in March 2025 A powerful earthquake of magnitude 8.8 struck off Russia’s far eastern Kamchatka Peninsula on Wednesday 30 July 2025, triggering a Pacific Ocean tsunami warning. Destructive tsunami waves could reach areas along the coasts of Russia and […]

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2017 tsunami video from Durban shared as Tsunami in Japan after the earthquake in Russia.

This video shows a heavy tidal wave on a beach in Durban, South Africa, and it dates to back to 2017.  A powerful earthquake of magnitude 8.8 struck off Russia’s far eastern Kamchatka Peninsula on Wednesday 30 July 2025, triggering a Pacific Ocean tsunami warning. Destructive tsunami waves could reach areas along the coasts of Russia and […]

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Old and unrelated image goes viral linking to recent Russian plane crash

This viral image is from the Air India Express plane crash in Mangalore in 2010. An Antonov An-24 passenger plane carrying 48 people crashed in Russia’s far east on 24 July 2025 as it was preparing to land, killing everyone on board. Angara, a Siberian regional airline, was en route from Blagoveshchensk to Tynda, an […]

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Video of Russian missile strike falsely shared linking to Thai airstrikes on Cambodia

This viral video shows Russian missile strikes on Ukraine A long-running border dispute between Thailand and Cambodia escalated on 24 July with Thailand launching airstrikes on Cambodian military targets and accusing Cambodia of firing rockets and artillery. The death toll on both sides now stands at 32, as fears grow of a larger conflict breaking out […]

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Old Image of a Boy and a Girl draped in Ukrainian and Russian flags respectively in embrace shared in context of Russia-Ukraine war 

The image dates back to 2019 when a couple decided to click a picture with their national flags at a concert. As Russian and Ukrainian troops are battling in Ukraine, images and videos claiming to be from the warzone have flooded social media and mainstream media. Many of such videos and images were found to […]

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Russia-Ukraine War | Visuals from a Movie Shared as Ukrainian Soldiers Bidding Farewell To Their Wives & Girlfriends…

A video is being shared on social media in which some soldiers can be seen hugging and kissing their wives/girlfriends before leaving for war. The video is being shared widely as Ukrainian soldiers bidding farewell to their loved ones before joining the war. However, when we fact checked the video we found that the video […]

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Old images of Ukrainian President Zelenskyy in Military Uniform Shared as Him Joining His Soldiers on The War Front…

As Ukraine battles the Russian troops to defend its sovereignty and autonomy, a barrage of images and videos claiming to be from the warzone can be seen on mainstream and social media. Over the last few days, fact checkers across the world have debunked hundreds of fake claims made on videos and photos purported to […]

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FACT CHECK: Unrelated Image of an Indo-Russian Bilateral Meeting Goes Viral As Multi-National Intelligence Agencies Meeting in New Delhi…

A photo of a meeting is being shared on social media with captions claiming that shows intelligence agencies from 5 nations including India’s RAW, Israel’s Mossad, America’s CIA, Russia’s KGB and England’s MI6 met at Delhi recently.   The photo went viral on social media, leaving many users believing that there was a meeting in New Delhi […]

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