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By Hazel Gandhi An old video of Russian President Vladimir Putin speaking about nuclear war has been mistranslated and shared as a recent video to claim his support to Palestine amid the Israel-Hamas conflict. The video also purports to show Putin warning the United States to not interfere in the conflict. BOOM found that the video is from December 2022 and shows Putin discussing the threat of nuclear war. He does not mention Israel or Palestine in this address. Hamas launched an unprecedented ambush against Israeli forces on October 7, ensuing a deadly conflict between the two that has claime...
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By Anmol Alphonso A video showing a Russian plane being shot down by Wanger group soldiers in Russia in June 2023 during their failed mutiny is being shared with a false claim that it shows visuals of the recent plane crash involving Wagner group chief Yevgeny Prigozhin. The Wagner Group, a Russian government-funded paramilitary and private military company, staged a rebellion on June 23, 2023, in Russia after rising tensions between the Russian Ministry of Defence and Prigozhin. Prigozhinled a mutiny in which Wagner fighters took control of the southern city of Rostov-on-Don and shot down a n...
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By Srijit Das A video from a video game showing a number of missiles fired at a fighter jet is viral with a false claim that the visuals show a fight between Russian military and Yevgeny Prigozhin's Wagner troop. BOOM found the video does not show a glimpse of the attempted mutiny by Wagner group in Russia but is part of a user generated gameplay from ARMA 3. Russian President Vladimir Putin recently encountered a serious challenge by his once loyalist Yevgeny Prigozhin, chief of the Wagner group. Prigozhin, criticised the Russian leadership accusing them of incompetence and over the weekend l...
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By The Conversation Robert Horvath, La Trobe University and Isabella Currie, La Trobe UniversityNever during the 23 years of Russian President Vladimir Putin’s rule has he faced the kind of challenge posed by Wagner chief Yevgeny Prigozhin’s insurrection over the weekend. The gravity of the crisis was underlined by Putin’s televised address on Saturday. He likened the insurgent’s “criminal adventure” to the catastrophe of 1917, when “intrigues, squabbles and politicking” on the home front triggered a military collapse, revolution and civil war. In an obvious reference to Prigozhin, Putin claim...
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By The Conversation Russia's effort to conscript 300,000 reservists to counter Ukraine's military advances in Kharkiv has drawn a lot of attention from military and political analysts. But there's also a potential energy angle. In its call for reservists, Russia's leadership specifically targeted oil and gas workers for the draft. One might assume that energy workers, who provide fuel and export revenue that Russia desperately needs, are too valuable to the war effort to be conscripted. But this surprising move follows escalating energy conflicts between Russia and Europe. The explosions in Se...
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