{"id":82960,"date":"2020-12-22T22:22:53","date_gmt":"2020-12-22T16:52:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/?p=82960"},"modified":"2022-02-08T19:03:55","modified_gmt":"2022-02-08T13:33:55","slug":"2013-images-of-russian-army-soldiers-revived-as-indian-army-soldiers-at-siachen-glacier","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/2013-images-of-russian-army-soldiers-revived-as-indian-army-soldiers-at-siachen-glacier\/","title":{"rendered":"Photo of Russian army revived as Indian army men at Siachen"},"content":{"rendered":"

A few images, allegedly of Indian soldiers at sub-zero temperature, has been shared on social media. In the photos, the men are seen sleeping and standing guard under a blanket of snow.<\/p>\n

The post below was made on the Facebook page ‘\u092c\u0941\u0932\u0902\u0926 \u092d\u093e\u0930\u0924 \u0915\u0940 \u092c\u0941\u0932\u0902\u0926 \u0906\u0935\u093e\u091c\u093c<\/a>‘ and has 24,000 likes.<\/p>\n

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The same images were shared in 2020 with users claiming that they show Indian soldiers at Siachen glacier, located on the eastern side of the Himalayas. Retired IG BN Sharma tweeted a collage with the same claim. It had received more than 2,900 retweets at the time of writing. (Archive link<\/a>)<\/p>\n

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One of theost Harshest conditions on this planet, soldiers facing at the highest battlefield Siachin. Other high altitude areas along LC and LAC are no different except the temperature is few celcius higher.
\nJai Hind Ki Sena pic.twitter.com\/soAvUyBCuC<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 \ud83c\uddee\ud83c\uddf3 BN Sharma, IG (Retd) (@BholaNath_BSF) December 19, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Arun Pudur was one of the users who retweeted the post. Pudur has shared misinformation on social media several times in the past that can be read here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Facebook page ‘Police News – English’ also shared the image and accompanying claim. (Archive link<\/a>)<\/p>\n

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One of theost Harshest conditions on this planet, soldiers facing at the highest battlefield Siachin. Other high…<\/p>\n

Posted by Police News – English<\/a> on\u00a0Saturday, December 19, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n

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In December 2017, Alt News published a fact-check report on the viral photo when BJP MP Kirron Kher had tweeted it. Alt News found that these photos were actually of the Russian army. The original images were first shared in 2013<\/a> according to StopFake’s December 2014 fact-check report<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Upon further research, we found the pictures in a 2012 article<\/a> by a Russian website.<\/p>\n