Likely false
Thursday 9 February 2023
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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 -
“Vietnam will stay on guard against and firmly resist any schemes to undermine the Vietnam-China relations, and will never follow other countries in opposing China.”
A source who was present says the Vietnamese president made no such statement, which is at odds with Vietnam’s interests and history. -
“According to the press service of the People's Militia of the Republic, over the past two weeks, 244 military personnel have deserted from positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.”
There is no evidence to support the desertion assertion, and the Russian-led separatist sources are infamous for spreading disinformation.