{"id":113728,"date":"2022-03-14T20:33:03","date_gmt":"2022-03-14T15:03:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/?p=113728"},"modified":"2022-03-14T20:33:03","modified_gmt":"2022-03-14T15:03:03","slug":"no-these-arent-pak-and-turkish-students-who-used-indian-flag-to-escape-ukraine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/no-these-arent-pak-and-turkish-students-who-used-indian-flag-to-escape-ukraine\/","title":{"rendered":"No, these aren&#8217;t Pak and Turkish students who used Indian flag to escape Ukraine"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Amidst the turmoil with regard to the evacuation of Indian students stuck in war-torn Ukraine and the barrage of misinformation that followed, a fresh claim is widespread on social media.<\/p>\n<p>Two images have gone <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/search\/photos\/?q=Pakistani%20Students%20Are%20Using%20Indian%20Flag%20To%20Escape%20Ukraine.%20&amp;sde=Abpue3ch2lF3b8Nta45V5rqkDfMBndRHvbr0rghFYxNDkphjMq1cNNzSNcXrQSMKQ5T_mfXkN37zG0EaZMVK_U1zsP3LANaXCc2lcLrDtb6NwOhqTdqYk8HWIs9Gts71HLzCuQD9LYb2rQzKAheuAb_12_EvadMv5HuFY0ENEh-1yFRzjBxsgfHtzzgS8ASCeMc\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">viral<\/a> with the claim that students from Pakistan and Turkey carried the Indian national flag to escape Ukraine.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-113730 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/03\/Screenshot-2022-03-14-180707-e1647268426406.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1888\" height=\"778\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/03\/Screenshot-2022-03-14-180707-e1647268426406.jpg 1888w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/03\/Screenshot-2022-03-14-180707-e1647268426406-300x124.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/03\/Screenshot-2022-03-14-180707-e1647268426406-1024x422.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/03\/Screenshot-2022-03-14-180707-e1647268426406-768x316.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/03\/Screenshot-2022-03-14-180707-e1647268426406-1536x633.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1888px) 100vw, 1888px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The students in the image below have been identified as Pakistanis.<\/p>\n<div class=\"fb-post\" data-href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/permalink.php?story_fbid=688075005704504&amp;id=100035060322470\" data-width=\"500\" data-show-text=\"true\">\n<blockquote class=\"fb-xfbml-parse-ignore\" cite=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/permalink.php?story_fbid=688075005704504&amp;id=100035060322470\"><p>Posted by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/people\/Puja-Rajput\/100035060322470\/\">Puja Rajput<\/a> on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/permalink.php?story_fbid=688075005704504&amp;id=100035060322470\">Sunday, March 13, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<p>Similarly, another image has been used to claim Turkish students used the Indian flag to escape.<\/p>\n<div class=\"fb-post\" data-href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/permalink.php?story_fbid=356046053198931&amp;id=108839891252883\" data-width=\"500\" data-show-text=\"true\">\n<blockquote class=\"fb-xfbml-parse-ignore\" cite=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/permalink.php?story_fbid=356046053198931&amp;id=108839891252883\"><p>I love my India \ud83c\uddee\ud83c\uddf3\ud83c\uddee\ud83c\uddf3\ud83c\uddee\ud83c\uddf3\ud83c\uddee\ud83c\uddf3\ud83c\uddee\ud83c\uddf3\ud83c\uddee\ud83c\uddf3\ud83c\uddee\ud83c\uddf3\ud83c\uddee\ud83c\uddf3.<\/p>\n<p>Posted by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Archana-Gupta-BJP-108839891252883\/\">Archana Gupta BJP<\/a> on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/permalink.php?story_fbid=356046053198931&amp;id=108839891252883\">Thursday, March 3, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<h4>Fact-check<\/h4>\n<p>A simple reverse image search reveals that both the photos show students from India.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Image 1<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>This image is dated February 26 and was found in PTI archives and is captioned, \u201cMore batches of Indian students enter Hungary from Ukrainian side at Zahony crossing, travelling onward to Budapest for return to India by AI flight.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The picture was also used in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.indiatoday.in\/world\/russia-ukraine-war\/story\/ukraine-russia-war-indian-students-sumy-evacuated-mea-1922331-2022-03-08\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">report by India Today<\/a> on the evacuation of Indian students in Sumy.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-113731 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/03\/Screenshot-2022-03-14-181144.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"892\" height=\"745\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/03\/Screenshot-2022-03-14-181144.jpg 892w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/03\/Screenshot-2022-03-14-181144-300x251.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/03\/Screenshot-2022-03-14-181144-768x641.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 892px) 100vw, 892px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The Ministry of Information and Broadcasting had also uploaded a video of the students.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"More batches of Indian students enter Hungary from Ukrainian side at Zahony crossing\" width=\"1290\" height=\"726\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/jUiFRhzoF20?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>Image 2<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>This image was found on a video report by India Today titled, &#8216;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.indiatoday.in\/world\/russia-ukraine-war\/video\/first-batch-of-indian-students-leave-for-ukraine-border-1917933-2022-02-25\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">First batch of Indian students leave for Ukraine border<\/a>&#8216;. The report is from Februray 25.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-113729 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/03\/word-image-1-3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1456\" height=\"1200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/03\/word-image-1-3.jpg 1456w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/03\/word-image-1-3-300x247.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/03\/word-image-1-3-1024x844.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/03\/word-image-1-3-768x633.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1456px) 100vw, 1456px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Images of Indian students were shared to falsely claim they are students from Pakistan and Turkey who carried the Indian flag to safely escape from Ukraine. It is noteworthy that some Indian students <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aninews.in\/news\/world\/asia\/indian-tricolour-came-to-rescue-of-fleeing-pakistani-turkish-students-from-ukraine20220302102036\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">reportedly<\/a> said that Pakistani and Turkish students indeed used the Indian flag to escape. Alt News has not verified the claim.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Amidst the turmoil with regard to the evacuation of Indian students stuck in war-torn Ukraine and the barrage of misinformation that followed, a fresh claim is widespread on social media. Two images have gone viral with the claim that students from Pakistan and Turkey carried the Indian national flag to escape Ukraine. 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