Claim: A video claiming to show Russian President Vladimir Putin warning the Pakistani military, saying it will provide all kinds of military & civilian assistance to the people of Afghanistan whenever needed.
Fact: The claim is false as the video is altered and superimposed with fake audio. In the actual footage of the press conference Putin does not make such statements; instead, he mainly spoke of US sanctions on Russia.
On 29 October 2025, an account on X (formerly Twitter) posted a video with the caption, “Vladimir Putin’s warning to the Pakistani military regime: We are ready to provide all kinds of military & civilian assistance to the people of Afghanistan whenever needed.
We do not want anyone to disrupt the peace of the Afghans.”
The video allegedly shows the Russian President speaking in Persian, and when we transcribed the video through Pinpoint – a Google AI tool for journalists – Putin allegedly says;
“They encourage Islamabad to pressure the oppressed people of Afghanistan. Their goal is clear: to break Afghanistan, to prevent the formation of a state in Kabul, and to create a circle of siege against Russia, Iran, and China. But we know this scenario very well, and we will not allow history to repeat itself.
Russia has stood by the people of Afghanistan, people who have been victims of occupation for decades, but still have not given up. I openly declare that any threat to the integrity of Afghanistan’s territory, any threat to the stability of the region, and the security of the region, political support, and if necessary, even military support, should be taken into account.
Pakistan must realize that the game has serious consequences.
We do not want this country to become a battlefield of great powers. But if the army of Pakistan or its opposition groups want to invade Afghanistan, their response will not only be from Kabul, but also from other places. We told Washington in the past, and I will repeat again, to stop the movement in the region.
They have been defeated in Ukraine, they have been captured in the Middle East, and now they are looking for a breakthrough in Central Russia. This is our home, not your battlefield. Afghanistan is a small country, but it has a big heart.
The Afghan people will stand up to terrorism and occupation, and today they will stand up to rape. We deem this standing as a legitimate right. Russia welcomes any economic, security, and defense cooperation with Kabul.
We are ready to strengthen our military and information infrastructure to defend the borders of Afghanistan.”
Clashes between Pakistan and Afghanistan
Dozens of fighters were killed in overnight border clashes between Pakistan and Afghanistan on 12 October, Reuters quoted both sides as saying and termed it “the most serious fighting between the neighbouring countries since the Taliban came to power in Kabul”.
According to officials, Afghan troops opened fire on Pakistani army posts along the north-western border on Saturday, 11 October, and seized several of the posts, The Guardian reported. The attacks came after the Taliban regime in Afghanistan accused Pakistan of carrying out airstrikes on the country’s sovereign territory, particularly in the capital of Kabul, earlier that week. On 12 October, Pakistan responded with retaliatory airstrikes, gunfire, and ground raids targeting Afghan Taliban posts along the border.
In a statement, the media wing of the Pakistan military reported that 23 soldiers were killed and 29 others wounded in the attacks, The Guardian’s report added. The statement further claimed that 200 “Taliban and affiliated terrorists” were killed in the retaliatory strikes and that several terrorist training camps had been dismantled.
Ceasefire between Pakistan, Afghanistan
On 15 October, the state-owned Pakistan Television Corporation (PTV) reported that “Afghanistan was seeking a ceasefire on the border near the village of Chaman where the fighting was concentrated”, according to The Washington Post (archive).
Since 10 October, “at least 18 people have been killed and more than 360 wounded” on the Afghanistan side, Arab News reported, quoting a statement issued by the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA).
The two countries have agreed to a 48-hour ceasefire effective as of 6 pm on 15 October, according to the reports. On 19 October, both countries signed a ceasefire agreement in Doha, Qatar, followed by three days of peace talks taking place in Istanbul. However, athe s per the latest reports, no resolution has come after the peace talks ended without any outcome on October 28.
Fact or Fiction?
Fake-O-Meter rating shows the video has a high percentage of AI-generated content
To investigate, Soch Fact Check started looking at the current news articles and did a keyword search on Google with “Putin warned Pakistan, Pak-Afghan and Putin Afghanistan,” but couldn’t find any authentic news source.
Upon closer examination, Soch Fact Check observed that the language spoken in the video was not Russian, and the dialect and tone of the audio did not match President Vladimir Putin’s voice. To verify the authenticity, we used Deep-Fake Total, a forensic analysis tool, to assess the audio track. The results indicated a high likelihood of manipulation, with the clip scoring 76.2% on the Fake-o-Meter, suggesting significant signs of audio fabrication.
We then conducted a reverse image search of the keyframes of the video, and the results led to a YouTube video posted on 24 October 2025. The video’s title reads, “Putin: Latest Sanctions Against Russia Are Serious but Will Not Affect Our Well-Being – Oct 2025”. The footage shows a press conference in which Putin is seen wearing the same tie and suit as in the viral clip. At the 1:12 mark of the YouTube video, the same segment from the viral video appears, confirming that both videos originate from the same source.
In the original YouTube video, Putin can be heard discussing the latest US sanctions on Russia, not issuing any warning to Pakistan. Following this lead, Soch Fact Check performed a keyword search for “US sanctions on Russia,” which directed us to a Reuters YouTube report, published on 24 October 2025. It features the same footage, establishing that it was altered to spread misinformation.
Later, on 30 October 2025, the Russian Embassy in Pakistan refuted the claim in a post on their official X account. The post reads that the video shows President Putin answering questions from the media after a meeting of the Russian Geographical Society’s Board of Trustees on 23 October 2025. Vladimir Putin did not even mention Pakistan or Afghanistan in his original comments.
Virality
On X, the manipulated video garnered 93,000 views, 4,000 likes, and 723 reposts within one day. It can also be seen here, here and here.
The viral post can also be seen here on Facebook.
Conclusion: A video claiming to show Russian President Vladimir Putin warning Pakistan in support of Afghanistan is fake. The audio is superimposed, and the actual video shows Putin discussing US sanctions on Russia.
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