copenlu/druid huggingface dataset:
Claim: Russia Declares War Against The USA!! (Social Media Users, 2024-06-23)
Evidence (2024-09-24): War with Russia closer to end than we think - Zelensky [...] On Tuesday, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said Russia was being cautious about media reports of a Ukrainian plan and added that the conflict would only end when Russia's aims were achieved. [...] "But from the information I have... this is a very likely scenario of events in the near future."
Claim: Russia Declares War Against The USA!! (Social Media Users, 2024-06-23)
Evidence (2024-09-13): President Vladimir Putin has warned that Russia would be "at war" with the United States and its allies if they lift restrictions on Ukraine's use of long-range Western weapons. [...] "This will mean that NATO countries, the U.S. and European countries are at war with Russia," Putin said. "And if this is so, then, bearing in mind the change in the very essence of this conflict, we will make appropriate decisions based on the threats that will be created for us." [...] Putin’s comments were echoed by the speaker of Russia’s State Duma, Vyacheslav Volodin, in a Telegram post Friday. "NATO became a participant in military operations in Ukraine," Volodin wrote. "They are waging war on our country."
Claim: Russia Declares War Against The USA!! (Social Media Users, 2024-06-23)
Evidence (2024-09-12): Russian President Vladimir Putin has warned NATO alliance leaders that a move to lift restrictions on Ukraine’s use of longer-range Western missiles to strike deep inside his country would be considered an act of war. "This will mean that NATO countries – the United States and European countries – are at war with Russia. And if this is the case, then, bearing in mind the change in the essence of the conflict, we will make appropriate decisions in response to the threats that will be posed to us," Putin told reporters on Thursday. [...] "We’ve now seen this action of Russia acquiring ballistic missiles from Iran, which will further empower their aggression in Ukraine, so if anyone is taking escalatory action, it would appear to be Mr. Putin and Russia," said Blinken.
Claim: Russia Declares War Against The USA!! (Social Media Users, 2024-06-23)
Evidence (2022-10-01): President Joe Biden has warned Russia that the United States will not be intimidated by reckless threats after Vladimir Putin declared the annexation of four occupied regions of Ukraine. [...] Nato chief Jens Stoltenberg said the Russian move was "the most serious escalation since the start of the war". [...] Mr Putin last week said his country had "various weapons of destruction" and would "use all the means available to us", adding: "I'm not bluffing."
Claim: Russia Declares War Against The USA!! (Social Media Users, 2024-06-23)
Evidence (2024-09-13): In a final bid to scare off the West, Russian President Vladimir Putin warned on Thursday evening he would regard such an agreement as tantamount to NATO directly entering the war. "This will mean that NATO countries, the United States, and European countries are fighting Russia," he said. The threat came with U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer still en route to Washington ahead of Friday’s talks with President Joe Biden over Ukraine’s possible use of British-made Storm Shadow cruise missiles on Russian soil.
Claim: Russia Declares War Against The USA!! (Social Media Users, 2024-06-23)
Evidence (2021-12-23): The US and Russia both indicated on Thursday that the ball is in the other’s court when it comes to deterring an invasion of Ukraine, showing little sign that a diplomatic agreement is imminent as Russian President Vladimir Putin has continued to mass forces near Ukraine’s border – despite a direct warning by President Joe Biden earlier this month to de-escalate. Speaking just hours after Putin’s marathon year-end news conference, in which he said Russia’s actions will depend on the US’s and NATO’s "unconditional ensuring of Russia’s security today and in the future," the US official said the Biden administration is prepared to discuss some of Russia’s concerns. [...] In his annual year-end news conference on Thursday, Putin deflected when asked whether Russia plans to invade Ukraine. "How would the Americans react if, on their frontier with Canada, we deployed our missiles?" he told reporters. "It’s a question of security, and you know our red lines."
Claim: Russia Declares War Against The USA!! (Social Media Users, 2024-06-23)
Evidence (2024-09-13): What happens if Russia declares war on Nato? [...] The Russian president told the US and UK that giving Kyiv the green light would mean that "Nato countries, the US, European countries, are at war with Russia" – an "unusually specific warning", said The New York Times (NYT). [...] To a "growing number of military analysts and former US officials", said the NYT, the fear of a Russian war on Nato "makes no sense" because Ukraine's incursion into Kursk has "yet to elicit an escalatory response from Moscow".
Claim: Russia Declares War Against The USA!! (Social Media Users, 2024-06-23)
Evidence (2023-12-14): Russia-Ukraine war: Putin tells Russia his war objectives are unchanged [...] A classified US intelligence report estimated this week that 315,000 Russian soldiers had been either killed or wounded since the war began - which it said was almost 90% of Russia's military personnel at the start of the invasion. [...] He described the US as an important country but accused it of imperialism. He urged the US to "respect other people and countries" and said Russia was ready to restore relations once this happened.
Claim: Russia Declares War Against The USA!! (Social Media Users, 2024-06-23)
Evidence (2024-07-01): A key question now being debated within Russia’s foreign policy elite is how to restore America’s fear of nuclear escalation while avoiding a direct military clash that might spin out of control. Some Moscow hardliners advocate using tactical nuclear weapons against wartime targets to shock the West into sobriety. More moderate experts have floated the idea of a nuclear bomb demonstration test, hoping that televised images of the signature mushroom cloud would awaken Western publics to the dangers of military confrontation. Others call for a strike on a U.S. satellite involved in providing targeting information to Ukraine or for downing an American Global Hawk reconnaissance drone monitoring Ukraine from airspace over the Black Sea. Any one of these steps could lead to an alarming crisis between Washington and Moscow. [...] Last week, following a Ukrainian strike on the Crimean port of Sevastopol that resulted in American-supplied cluster munitions killing at least five Russian beachgoers and wounding more than 100, Russian officials insisted that such an attack was only possible with U.S. satellite guidance aiding Ukraine. The Foreign Ministry summoned the U.S. ambassador in Moscow to charge formally that the U.S. "has become a party to the conflict," vowing that "retaliatory measures will definitely follow." The Kremlin spokesperson announced that "the involvement of the United States, the direct involvement, as a result of which Russian civilians are killed, cannot be without consequences."
Claim: Russia Declares War Against The USA!! (Social Media Users, 2024-06-23)
Evidence (2023-10-20): Remarks by President Biden on the United States’ Response to Hamas’s Terrorist Attacks Against Israel and Russia’s Ongoing Brutal War Against Ukraine 8:02 P.M. EDT [...] And if we walk away and let Putin erase Ukraine’s independence, would-be aggressors around the world would be emboldened to try the same. The risk of conflict and chaos could spread in other parts of the world — in the Indo-Pacific, in the Middle East — especially in the Middle East. [...] Russian troops once occupied, backed by a U.S.-led coalition of more than 50 countries around the world all doing its part to support Kyiv.
Claim: Russia Declares War Against The USA!! (Social Media Users, 2024-06-23)
Evidence (2024-06-24): The devastating Russian-Ukrainian war has been ongoing for several years, with the United States and NATO providing support to Ukraine. In this context, a significant amount of misleading information regarding the situation is being spread on social media. Social Media Posts Social media posts claim that Russia has declared war against the USA. FB | […] [...] Social media posts claim that Russia has declared war against the USA. [...] The claim that Russia has declared war against the USA is unfounded and incorrect. The rhetoric from Russian officials reflects escalating tensions but does not amount to a declaration of war. Social media users should be cautious about misinterpreting or amplifying such statements without verifying the facts through reliable sources.
Claim: Russia Declares War Against The USA!! (Social Media Users, 2024-06-23)
Evidence (2022-05-03): Russian President Vladimir Putin could formally declare war on Ukraine as soon as May 9, a move that would enable the full mobilization of Russia’s reserve forces as invasion efforts continue to falter, US and Western officials believe. [...] A formal declaration of war on May 9 could potentially bolster public support for the invasion. It would also, under Russian law, allow Putin to mobilize reserve forces and draft conscripts, which officials say Russia desperately needs amid a growing manpower shortage. Western and Ukrainian officials have estimated that at least 10,000 Russian soldiers have been killed in the war since Russia invaded just over two months ago. [...] Price added that it "would be a great irony if Moscow used the occasion of ‘Victory Day’ to declare war, which in itself would allow them to surge conscripts in a way they’re not able to do now, in a way that would be tantamount to revealing to the world that their war effort is failing, that they are floundering in their military campaign and military objectives."
Claim: Russia Declares War Against The USA!! (Social Media Users, 2024-06-23)
Evidence (2024-07-24): Joint Address to Congress Leading to a Declaration of War Against Germany (1917) On April 2, 1917, President Woodrow Wilson delivered this address to a joint session of Congress and called for a declaration of war against Germany. The resulting congressional vote brought the United States into World War I. [...] With a profound sense of the solemn and even tragical character of the step I am taking and of the grave responsibilities which it involves, but in unhesitating obedience to what I deem my constitutional duty, I advise that the Congress declare the recent course of the Imperial German Government to be in fact nothing less than war against the government and people of the United States; that it formally accept the status of belligerent which has thus been thrust upon it, and that it take immediate steps not only to put the country in a more thorough state of defense but also to exert all its power and employ all its resources to bring the Government of the German Empire to terms and end the war.
Claim: Russia Declares War Against The USA!! (Social Media Users, 2024-06-23)
Evidence (2024-06-07): Russia formally declares the US as 'enemy'. What next? [...] However, according to Agentstvo, an independent Russian investigative site, this is the first time they have publicly labelled the US as an "enemy" state. [...] Nevertheless, the Kremlin's rhetoric has intensified, with Peskov now labelling the US as an "enemy state" following President Biden's authorization for Ukraine to use US-supplied weapons to target Russian territory.
Claim: Russia Declares War Against The USA!! (Social Media Users, 2024-06-23)
Evidence (2019-04-15): The telegram further conveyed Germany’s intentions should America enter the war. That included urging Mexico to join Germany in declaring war against the United States. In exchange, Germany committed to assist Mexico in regaining its lost territories of Arizona, Texas, and New Mexico. A second intercepted telegram from Zimmermann instructed the German Embassy not to wait until the United States joined the war to present its offer to Mexico. The British shared the original message with U.S. officials on February 24. Though some American officials suspected the telegram to be a British ruse intended to induce a declaration of war, President Woodrow Wilson saw it as genuine. When he first learned of Germany’s duplicitous maneuvering, the President cried out "Good Lord! Good Lord!" in outrage. Wilson was further galled that the message was transmitted using an American undersea telegraph service he had offered to the Germans as a courtesy at the outset of hostilities in 1914. [...] On April 2, President Wilson convened a joint session of Congress and called for a declaration of war. It came just four days later. One of America’s first actions in the war was to take control of the more than 90 German and Central Powers ships that were interned in U.S. harbors and convert many of them into transport vessels for use by the U.S. Navy. German efforts to keep the United States out of the war had backfired, and the American entry into the war would mark a turning point in favor of the Allied Powers.
Claim: Russia Declares War Against The USA!! (Social Media Users, 2024-06-23)
Evidence (2022-02-24): ‘No other option’: Excerpts of Putin’s speech declaring war [...] Watch the moment Russia's President Putin announced a military operation in Ukraine’s Donbas region, warning other nations of consequences if they interfere ⤵️ 🔴 LIVE updates: https://t.co/e7XVFng5Gu pic.twitter.com/C1966pOHsX — Al Jazeera English (@AJEnglish) February 24, 2022 "Respected citizens of Russia! Dear friends! [...] "The course of events and the incoming information show that Russia’s clash with these forces is inevitable. It is only a matter of time: they are getting ready, they are waiting for the right time. Now they also claim to acquire nuclear weapons. We will not allow this to happen."
Claim: Russia Declares War Against The USA!! (Social Media Users, 2024-06-23)
Evidence (2024-08-06): Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine: EU adopts 9th package of economic and individual sanctions (press release, 16 December 2022) [...] Russia's war of aggression against Ukraine: EU adopts 11th package of economic and individual sanctions (press release, 23 June 2023) [...] Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine: comprehensive EU’s 14th package of sanctions cracks down on circumvention and adopts energy measures (press release, 24 June 2024)
Claim: Russia Declares War Against The USA!! (Social Media Users, 2024-06-23)
Evidence (2023-02-22): For the Russian government, the positioning of this as a defensive action, in the state of the nation speech, stops short of it being a declared war. A full declaration of war would allow for for a greater level of conscription, and for diverting more resource towards the military campaign. However, Russia has already invested heavily in the war, with all of its impact on the Russian economy and oligarch wealth, as well as its connectivity with the wider world being restricted after many countries cut flights to Russian cities. [...] Formally declaring war on Ukraine would reduce Russia’s ability to manage the response of western powers. Nato and European powers similarly do not wish to be dragged into deploying their own armed forces in Ukraine. Only when both sides no longer see advantage in fighting will talks commence. The fiction of there being no "formal" war in Ukraine might seem ridiculous. It has not stopped Russia from mobilising large numbers of conscripts and diverting resource to their war effort. But it potentially acts as a circuit breaker on a wider international conflict.
Claim: Russia Declares War Against The USA!! (Social Media Users, 2024-06-23)
Evidence (2020-08-27): After the Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service attack on Pearl Harbor, American policy makers tried to persuade the Soviet Union to join them in the fight against Japan. Cordell Hull, the American Secretary of State, met with the Soviet Ambassador, Maxim Litvinov, a few days after the Pearl Harbor incident. According to reliable sources, he said, ‘Japan, notwithstanding the terms of the Russo-Japanese agreement, was under the strictest commitment to Germany to attack Russia and any other country fighting against Germany whenever Hitler demanded’ (The memoirs of Cordell Hull). [...] However, on 8 August 1945, two days after the atomic bombing of Hiroshima and the day before the second bomb fell on Nagasaki, the Soviet Union declared war on Japan. The news of impending war with the Soviet Union sent shockwaves through Japanese policy makers: just before he left Moscow for the Conference, Stalin had received a personal message from the Japanese Emperor, asking him to act as intermediary between Japan and the United States. The Soviet betrayal was an important factor in forcing Japan to surrender. [...] At 10:00 on 14 August 1945, as the situation deteriorated, the Emperor declared before his cabinet at the Imperial conference: ‘The military situation has changed suddenly. The Soviet Union entered the war against us. Suicide attacks can’t compete with the power of science. Therefore, there is no alternative but to accept the Potsdam terms.’
Claim: Russia Declares War Against The USA!! (Social Media Users, 2024-06-23)
Evidence (2024-01-01): About the same time, British cryptographers intercepted and began deciphering Germany’s "Zimmermann Telegram" offering U.S. territory to Mexico in return for joining the German cause. Though Mexico declaring war was not perceived as an imminent threat by the American public, sensational headlines trumpeted each new development as one of history’s most influential acts of codebreaking played out. Across the nation, support grew for intervention. [...] On April 2, President Wilson asked Congress to declare war against Germany specifically citing Germany’s renewed submarine policy as "a war against mankind. It is a war against all nations." He also spoke about German spying inside the U.S. and the treachery of the Zimmermann Telegram. Wilson urged that "the world must be made safe for democracy." For four days, Americans debated the momentous decision and most major newspapers published a sensationalized mix of war news and rumors that cast Germany as a ruthless enemy. On April 4, the Senate voted to declare war against Germany by a vote of 82-6. At 3:12 a.m. on April 6, the House of Representatives passed the resolution in a vote of 373 to 50.
Claim: Russia Declares War Against The USA!! (Social Media Users, 2024-06-23)
Evidence (2023-03-29): The United States must remain the most powerful nation on Earth if peace is to continue between the U.S., China and Russia, said Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Army Gen. Mark A. Milley, who testified today about the Defense Department’s fiscal year 2024 budget request at a House Armed Services Committee hearing. For the first time, the United States is facing two major nuclear powers, whose vital national security interests are in competition with the U.S. Both China and Russia have the means to threaten U.S. national security, he said. "But war with either is neither inevitable nor imminent." Fighting a war with Russia and China simultaneously would be very difficult, he added.
Claim: Russia Declares War Against The USA!! (Social Media Users, 2024-06-23)
Evidence (2024-04-11): EXPERT INTERVIEWS — It’s a warning Russia has issued repeatedly since the first days of its February 2022 invasion of Ukraine: Don’t forget that we are […] More [...] The Putin doctrine is that whatever is bad for the U.S. has to be supported. Europe can be divided and picked off to isolate the U.S.. Iran is providing critical support for Russia against Ukraine. So is North Korea. Russia is allied to pariah countries that want to overthrow the international order. In effect, Putin has declared war on the west. He is fighting it on several fronts. Rather than just shore up Ukraine, we have to take the fight to Russia. [...] SUBSCRIBER + INTERVIEW – We say this often, but it really is a pivotal moment in Russia’s war against Ukraine. While Russian troops make small […] More
Claim: Russia Declares War Against The USA!! (Social Media Users, 2024-06-23)
Evidence (2019-06-19): World War I Declarations: Topics in Chronicling America From 1914 to 1918, newspapers publish declarations of war as over 21 countries involve themselves in World War I. This guide provides access to material related to "WWI Declarations" in the Chronicling America digital collection of historic newspapers.
Claim: Russia Declares War Against The USA!! (Social Media Users, 2024-06-23)
Evidence (2024-03-12): The Constitution grants Congress the sole power to declare war. Congress has declared war on 11 occasions, including its first declaration of war with Great Britain in 1812. Congress approved its last formal declaration of war during World War II. Since that time it has agreed to resolutions authorizing the use of military force and continues to shape U.S. military policy through appropriations and oversight.
Claim: EMF Radiation From Wi-Fi Routers Effects On Plant Growth And Human Health !! (Social Media Users, 2024-06-16)
Evidence (2024-06-16): The evidence suggests that EMF radiation from Wi-Fi routers can have some impact on plant growth, as demonstrated in several studies. However, the extent of this impact varies, and more research is needed to draw definitive conclusions. As for human health, while there are concerns about potential risks, most studies and expert reviews, including those by ICNIRP, indicate that typical exposure levels from Wi-Fi routers are unlikely to cause significant harm.
Claim: EMF Radiation From Wi-Fi Routers Effects On Plant Growth And Human Health !! (Social Media Users, 2024-06-16)
Evidence (2022-10-02): Health effects of WiFi radiation: a revi .... [...] Health effects of WiFi radiation: a review based on systematic quality evaluation [...] Despite the fact that typical WiFi exposure levels in the everyday environment are several orders of magnitude below guideline values (10 W/m²) (ICNIRP, Citation2020), there is concern that exposure to WiFi radiation could cause harm for the population, and individuals have reported to specifically react to this type of exposure (Andrianome et al., Citation2018). It has been speculated that biological effects could arise from high peak values of the WiFi signal pulsation owned to the low duty factor. Wilke (Citation2018) evaluated more than 100 studies on RF-EMF in the 2.45 GHz frequency range and concluded that these studies document "damage to the reproductive system, impacts on the EEG and brain functions, as well as effects on the heart, liver, thyroid, gene expression, cell cycle, cell membranes, bacteria, and plants." She mentions that many studies identified oxidative stress as a mechanism of action. According to a review of Pall (Citation2018) oxidative stress, sperm/testicular damage, neuropsychiatric effects including changes in the encephalogram (EEG), apoptosis, cellular DNA damage, endocrine changes, and calcium overload are established effects of WiFi exposure.