India, Nov. 3 -- The external affairs ministry's fact check unit on Tuesday debunked a viral social media post falsely attributed to EAM S Jaishankar, which claimed that he had expressed disappointment over the Russian minister's "sarcastic" response to his appeal for peace between Russia and Ukraine.

The fact checking unit called the post "fake" and urged users to caution against malicious posts on social media platforms.

The purported video shows a fabricated clip of Jaishankar and a statement suggesting that he had appealed to both countries to understand that war brings only economic hardship and destruction.

"We called on both Russia and Ukraine to understand that war serves no one and only brings economic hardship and destruction...