The General Command of the Polish Armed Forces has clarified that the order being circulated on social media is fake.
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PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – No, this is not footage of Ukraine shooting down a Russian plane with troops on board
Says video shows "Ukrainian forces shoot down Russian plane carrying hundreds (of) troops on Kyiv airport."
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: There Was NO ‘NATO Patriot Missile Attack’ On Russian Troops Near Ukraine Border
Did a NATO Patriot missile attack hit Russian troops near the Ukraine border? No, that's not true: A NATO official confirmed there was not any kind of NATO attack on Russian troops in late April 2022. The Patriot is used by more than 17 n
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show Ukrainian Troops Using ‘Dozens Of UK-Sent Tanks’ To Attack Russian Convoy
Did Ukrainian troops attack a Russian armored vehicle convoy with dozens of "U.K.-sent tanks"? No, that's not true: The video posted, which is filled with footage of tanks, has absolutely no footage of Ukrainian troops attacking a Russian
Snopes→ Did Biden Say to US Troops About Ukraine: ‘You’re Gonna See When You’re There’?
The Kyiv Independent referred to U.S. President Joe Biden's choice of words in front of U.S. troops in Poland as an "apparent gaffe."
Snopes→ NATO: 7,000 to 15,000 Russian Troops Dead in Ukraine
By way of comparison, Moscow lost about 15,000 soldiers in Afghanistan over 10 years.
Snopes→ Putin Appears at Big Rally As Troops Press Attack in Ukraine
The rally took place three weeks into the invasion that has led to heavier-than-expected Russian losses on the battlefield and increasingly authoritarian rule at home.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Putin Did NOT Threaten Nigeria For Sending Troops To Ukraine During Russia-Ukraine Conflict
Did Russian President Vladimir Putin threaten to "level the whole nation" of Nigeria for sending troops to Ukraine during the ongoing Russia-Ukraine conflict? No, that's not true: In the clip used to make the claim, which was published in
Full Fact→ Sign telling Russian troops ‘go f*** yourselves’ was Photoshopped
A post on Facebook claims to show a Ukrainian road sign which has been replaced to tell invading Russian troops to “go f*** yourselves”. The original picture was posted to Facebook by the Ukrainian government’s State Agency of M
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Neither Zelenskyy NOR Putin Threatened To Send Troops To Ghana’s Border In Response To ‘Jokes’ About Russia-Ukraine War
Did the Ukrainian president threaten to send troops to Ghana's border for alleged "jokes" about the ongoing Russia-Ukraine war? No, that's not true: Not only does Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy not appear in the video used to pur
Logically→ The image of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in military uniform was clicked while fighting Russian troops.
Zelenskyy's image in a military uniform was taken in 2021, during his visit to Donbas on the Day of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – Photo of Ukrainian road sign with colorful language for Russian troops was digitally altered
Ukrainians altered this street sign to tell Russian troops to go “f---” themselves.
PolitiFact→ Viral image – Photo of children sending off Ukrainian troops is from 2016, not 2022
A photo showing young children saluting troops was captured in Ukraine in 2022.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show 8,500 U.S. Troops Headed To Ukraine; No American Soldiers Have Been Sent There
Does a viral video show 8,500 U.S. troops headed to Ukraine? No, that's not true: The video shows paratroopers on a regular day of training, according to a spokesperson with the Fort Bragg Public Relations Office. Although they could not
Logically→ In 2022, Russian troops hoisted a flag on a public building in Kharkiv, Ukraine.
The image of flag hoisting at the Kharkiv Regional Council building is from March 2014, which was misattributed to the current situation in Ukraine.
Snopes→ Did Trump Mistakenly Say US Troops Had Landed in Ukraine?
He got a swift correction from Laura Ingraham.
Logically→ United Nations troops have been flown in to help Canadian police deal with the protests in Ottawa.
There is no evidence to suggest the presence of United Nations (UN) troops in Canada, despite the presence of a UN aircraft in North Bay airport.
PolitiFact→ Tweets – Old video mischaracterized as showing troops at the Ukraine-Russia border in 2022
Video shows troops at the Ukraine-Russia border on Jan. 27, 2022.
Washington Post→ No, Trump did not order 10,000 troops to secure the Capitol on Jan. 6
Former White House chief of staff Mark Meadows and Fox personalities keep falsely saying that Trump requested 10,000 troops to protect the Capitol.
Snopes→ Biden Salutes Troops As ‘Spine of America’ on Veterans Day
President Joe Biden saluted the nation’s military veterans in a wreath-laying ceremony at Arlington National Cemetery.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: NO Evidence Trump Commands 50,000 Secret Troops And Deputized Them As U.S. Marshals
Were "50,000 secret USA troops" just deputized by Donald Trump? No, that's not true: There is no evidence that any service members have been deputized by former President Donald Trump and made "Federal Marshals." A parody Twitter account
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Biden Did NOT Order Dishonorable Discharge For Troops Who Refused COVID-19 Vaccination
Did President Joe Biden order dishonorable discharge for 46% of U.S. service members who refused COVID-19 vaccination? No, that's not true: Although the Biden administration opposed sections of the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA
Washington Post→ Video: Biden versus the generals on 2,500 troops in Afghanistan
Testimony by top military leaders appeared to contradict what President Biden said in August. But his comments were open to interpretation.
Snopes→ US Military Leaders Favored Keeping Troops in Afghanistan
Top U.S. military officers acknowledged misjudging the fragility of Afghanistan's army and said they believed the U.S. should have kept at least several thousand troops in the country to prevent a rapid takeover by the Taliban.
Snopes→ Did House Democrats ‘Block’ GOP from Reading Names of US Troops Killed in Kabul?
Republican Congress members and right-leaning websites failed to mention a significant piece of context about the Aug. 31 meeting of the House of Representatives.
Snopes→ Last Troops Exit Afghanistan, Ending America’s Longest War
The final pullout fulfilled President Joe Biden’s pledge to end what he called a “forever war” that began in response to the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, that killed nearly 3,000 people in New York, Washington and rural Pennsylvania.
Snopes→ Kabul Airport Attack Kills 60 Afghans, 13 US Troops
Two suicide bombers and gunmen attacked crowds of Afghans flocking to Kabul's airport, transforming a scene of desperation into one of horror in the waning days of an airlift for those fleeing the Taliban takeover.
Snopes→ Pentagon: US Troops Must Get Their COVID-19 Vaccines ASAP
More than 800,000 service members have yet to get their shots, according to Pentagon data.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: 31 US Troops Were NOT ‘Killed In Afghanistan Yesterday’ — Recycled Post Is About 2011 Attack
Were 31 U.S. servicemen killed in Afghanistan "yesterday"? No, that's not true: Versions of a post that has circulated since at least 2015 use details of a 2011 attack in which 30 U.S. servicemen and eight Afghans were killed when a U.S.
Logically→ When President Biden took office, U.S. forces had already drawn down from roughly 15,500 American forces to 2,500 troops in Afghanistan.
Under the agreement signed between the Trump administration and the Taliban a large portion of the troops had left the country by early 2021.
Snopes→ Pentagon to Require COVID Vaccine for All Troops by Sept. 15
The memo reflects similar decisions by governments and companies around the world, as nations struggle with the highly contagious delta variant that has sent new U.S. cases, hospitalizations and deaths surging to heights not see since the peaks last wi
Snopes→ Did George Washington Order Troops To Get Vaccinated Against Smallpox?
Washington wrote in 1777 that the Continental Army had more to "dread" from smallpox than from the "Sword of the Enemy."
Poynter→ George Washington mandated Revolutionary War troops be inoculated against smallpox
President Joe Biden recently said he asked the Defense Department to explore “how and when they will add COVID-19 to the list of vaccinations our armed forces must get, drawing the criticism of people opposed to vaccine mandates. But those crit
PolitiFact→ Viral image – Yes, George Washington ordered troops to be inoculated against smallpox during the Revolutionary War
“George Washington mandated smallpox vaccines for the Continental Army.”
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show ‘Joe Biden’s Green Shirt Vaccine Pushing Shock Troops’ Confronted
Does a video show "Joe Biden's green shirt vaccine pushing shock troops" being confronted on camera? No, that's not true. The video has nothing to do with the COVID-19 vaccine. The video shows workers from a construction company and is la
Snopes→ ‘We Need Help’: Haiti’s Interim Leader Requests US Troops
Hundreds of Haitians gathered outside the U.S. Embassy in Port-au-Prince pleading for a way out of the country.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: President Biden Did NOT Order U.S. Troops To Haiti After President Moise Assassination
Did President Biden order U.S. troops to move into Haiti after the assassination of Haitian President Jovenel Moise? No, that's not true: A screenshot of a purported July 7, 2021 CNN article reporting that Biden ordered an American interv
Poynter→ ‘We need more troops’ — automated fact-checking needs more volume to succeed
One of the main hindrances to the success of automated fact-checking is the need for more fact checks and fact-checkers, Duke Reporters’ Lab director Bill Adair said at Wednesday’s IFCN Talk. Adair, along with reporters lab lead technologist Christ
Snopes→ Biden Seeks to Remove US Troops from Afghanistan by 20th Anniversary of 9/11
The Biden Administration had originally wanted to remove the troops by May 1, 2021.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: National Guard Troops Guarding The Capitol Are NOT Forced To Sleep On The Floor – They Have Hotel Rooms
Are National Guard troops guarding the Capitol forced to sleep on the floor? No, that's not true. The men and women serving in the National Guard on the DC Mission have hotel rooms and other accommodations. The images Donald Trump Jr. use