Likely false
Tuesday 3 October 2023
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“[Since the counteroffensive began] something like 40,000 Ukrainians have perished and more than 100,000 have been irrevocably injured. In total, that’s almost 120-150,000.”Lukashenko’s claims are not supported by evidence, are unverifiable and lack credibility.
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Russia has only one battle tank manufacturer, UralVagonZavod. It can produce 200-250 new tanks annually.
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“Iran does not participate in any independent or joint project for production of drones in Russia. Reports by Western media in this regard are sheer lies.”
Russia uses Iranian drones to strike Ukraine. According to media reports citing Israeli and U.S. intelligence, military cooperation between Tehran and Moscow includes joint drone production. -
From Syria to Ukraine and beyond, the Wagner Group has been credibly accused of crimes against humanity.
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“More than 130 foreign mercenaries were destroyed by high-precision strikes of the Russian Aerospace Forces …" (Jan. 3)
"...more than 70 foreign mercenaries were killed, more than 100 wounded." (Jan. 2)
Source: TASS news agency, January 2-3, 2023.The Russian defense ministry’s numbers are not supported by evidence and are contested by military experts. -
Western intelligence services and independent researchers estimate that Russia has lost far more troops in Ukraine than it claims.
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“These drones were presumably used to spray toxic chemicals to cause harm to both the Russian armed forces and the civilian population …”
The agricultural drones in a video posted by the Russian embassy are made by a Chinese firm and used by farmers worldwide. -
"I underline, it's a rocket Tochka-U, we don't have such a weaponry in our republics, Donetsk and Luhansk, and in the Russian Federation in the army, they don't have it either."
In fact, reports say Russian forces do possess the Tochka-U missile system, and videos show that it was trucked into Ukraine. -
“The information published in the media about the inmate Trevor Reed’s hunger strike does not correspond with the reality. … He is taking food according to the daily schedule.”
Reed’s lawyer confirmed to Polygraph.info that her client, a former U.S. Marine, told his Russian jailers he would start a hunger strike on November 4. -
"China firmly opposes and combats all forms of cyberattacks. It will never encourage, support or condone cyberattacks.”
Beijing denies role hacks, but analysts regularly see a Chinese state hand in cyberattacks -
“A report of CNN claiming that the Mujahideen of the Islamic Emirate have killed enemy’s commando soldiers after surrendering is not true. A fake scene has been montaged with another scene of 22 commandos who had been killed during fighting in Faryab province.”
There is no evidence of deceptive editing in the video, and witnesses told CNN the surrender and executions happened. -
“China has stated its position on Xinjiang-related issues on many occasions. The accusation of ‘forced labor’ is a sheer lie.”
Despite many roadblocks to verification, there is mounting evidenced of forced labor