Claim: A viral video claims External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar admitted India lost three Rafale jets to Pakistan.
Conclusion: Misrepresentation. The audio line was digitally inserted into an otherwise genuine interview with Newsweek.
Rating: Misrepresentation — 
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A video featuring External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar has gone viral across social media platforms including X, Facebook, and WhatsApp, where he is allegedly heard admitting that India lost three Rafale fighter jets to Pakistan.
🇵🇰 Victory for Pakistani Falcons!
In just the first night of the Pak-India war, 3 Indian Rafale jets shot down! 🚀🔥
Even Jaishankar admits the loss — Modi’s media lies now fully exposed! 📉📺👉 Truth defeated propaganda.
👉 Indian dreams shattered, Rafales couldn’t survive… pic.twitter.com/oSoSA6uZGr— Bolta Karachi (@BoltaKarachi_) July 3, 2025
Also shared here, the video appears to be an excerpt from an interview with Newsweek CEO Dev Pragad, and it has triggered widespread discussion and concern over its apparent disclosure of military losses. However, a detailed fact-check reveals that the viral clip is manipulated — a fabricated audio line was digitally inserted into a legitimate interview.
The viral video claims Jaishankar purportedly saying: “Pakistan did attack us massively that night. We had already lost three Rafale jets to Pakistan two days ago, so it was very unfair of them to attack. They did it anyway.”
The quote is being widely circulated as a shocking admission of military losses, suggesting India’s vulnerability in an alleged conflict with Pakistan.
FACT-CHECK
Upon close inspection of the viral clip, DigiEye India team of fact-checkers found that the sentence — “we had already lost three Rafale jets to Pakistan two days ago” — does not match Jaishankar’s original voice in tone, inflection, or cadence. There is a clear auditory dissonance between the added voice and Jaishankar’s natural speech pattern. In addition, frame-by-frame analysis reveals a mismatch in lip-sync during the disputed portion, further confirming digital manipulation.
Upon Google Reverse Image Search, we found the the original video, which is a full-length interview published by Newsweek on July 1, 2024. In the original interview, Jaishankar spoke to Newsweek CEO Dev Pragad, covering India’s foreign policy, strategic challenges with China, and relations with the US and Pakistan.
At the 43:05 timestamp in the video, Jaishankar says: “Pakistan did attack us massively that night. We responded very quickly after that, and the next morning, Mr. Rubio (United States Secretary of State) called me up and said that Pakistan is ready to talk.”
There is no mention whatsoever of Rafale jets or any military loss.
Even PIB Fact chekc unit confirmed that the Government of India has issued NO such statement. There is no truth to these rumours.
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— PIB Fact Check (@PIBFactCheck) July 7, 2025
The insertion of doctored audio into a legitimate video is a clear-cut manipulation, or deep fake, in which doctored clips are shown to mislead viewers who may not verify the source. In this case, the viral video attempted to discredit India’s war capability and misrepresent diplomatic posture by suggesting military setbacks. Hence, the claim is false.
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