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False: The information about the purchase of a hotel is disinformation. The President of Cyprus, the Ukrainian Embassy i...
28/08/2024

False: The information about the purchase of a hotel is disinformation. The President of Cyprus, the Ukrainian Embassy in Cyprus, and the company that owns the hotel have denied the allegation about the purchase of the hotel by Zelenskyy or a related company. Moreover, the website on which the allegation about Zelenskyy’s connection to the hotel appeared turned out to be a clone of the hotel’s website and a fake website that was created three days before the information was spread.
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Source: Myth Detector (Georgia), 2024-06-05
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DISINFORMATION ABOUT ZELENSKYY BUYING A Ј150 MILLION VILLA IN CYPRUS
https://mythdetector.ge/en/disinformation-about-zelenskyy-buying-a-150-million-villa-in-cyprus/
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No evidence: Kennedy's comments were quickly picked apart on social media, with claims that he had got several aspects o...
28/08/2024

No evidence: Kennedy's comments were quickly picked apart on social media, with claims that he had got several aspects of the history between the two nations wrong and misunderstood the context behind the conflict. [...]
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Newsweek has put each of the claims it investigated to RFK Jr.'s spokespeople via email. There has been no response as of the time of publication.
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Unless RFK Jr. can provide substantive proof to support some of his arguments, the claims the Democratic hopeful made on Fox News simply do not match the facts.
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Source: Newsweek, 2023-07-28
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Fact Check: RFK Jr. Claims U.S. Pushed Ukraine to War With Russia
https://www.newsweek.com/robert-f-kennedy-jr-ukraine-russia-war-fox-news-fact-check-1815994
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Unrelated footage: A video of a massive fire circulated widely on social media in late April along with captions claimin...
24/08/2024

Unrelated footage: A video of a massive fire circulated widely on social media in late April along with captions claiming it showed a strike by the Russian army on a NATO weapons convoy en route to Ukraine. However, it turns out that this is an old video that wasn’t filmed anywhere near Ukraine.
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Source: France 24, The Observers (France 24), 2024-06-07
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No, this video doesn’t show a Russian air strike on a NATO arms convoy
https://observers.france24.com/en/europe/20240607-debunked-video-russian-airstrike-nato-arms-convoy
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False: Ukraine has not banned the use of the Russian language in the country.‍A 2019 law established Ukrainian as the of...
24/08/2024

False: Ukraine has not banned the use of the Russian language in the country.
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A 2019 law established Ukrainian as the official language of Ukraine and strengthened its use in businesses, schools and the media.
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Lavrov referenced the banning and prohibition of Russian in Ukraine, particularly in \"education, the media, everyday contacts,\" during a press conference.
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Despite a language law that establishes Ukrainian as the country’s official language and prioritizes its use in civil society, Russian has not been banned.
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We rate Lavrov’s statement False.
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Source: PolitiFact, 2022-06-08
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Russian has not been banned in Ukraine, despite repeated claims
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/jun/08/sergey-lavrov/russian-has-not-been-banned-ukraine-despite-repeat/
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False: The claim that the Mirotvorets list, which Alex Jones and Infowars refer to as a \"kill list,\" is inaccurate, as...
24/08/2024

False: The claim that the Mirotvorets list, which Alex Jones and Infowars refer to as a \"kill list,\" is inaccurate, as is the claim that Tucker Carlson was added to it following reports he had interviewed Vladimir Putin.
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The list does not advocate violence toward those on it, which is part of an NGO, non-state-funded effort by Ukrainian activists to list \"enemies of Ukraine.\"
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Carlson has been listed on the site since mid-2023.
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Source: Newsweek, 2024-02-08
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Fact Check: Is Tucker Carlson on Ukraine 'Kill List' Over Putin Interview?
https://www.newsweek.com/fact-check-tucker-carlson-ukraine-kill-list-over-putin-interview-1868211
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Fake: Does a 50-second video show authentic remarks by U.S. State Department spokesperson Matthew Miller discussing \"mi...
21/08/2024

Fake: Does a 50-second video show authentic remarks by U.S. State Department spokesperson Matthew Miller discussing \"military targets\" in the Russian city of Belgorod, with \"virtually no civilians left\" in that city?
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No, that's not true: The video mixes video of different briefings, during which Miller made no such remarks. The words falsely attributed to him in the video were AI-generated. The State Department labeled the video a deepfake.
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The video of fake remarks was also posted by the Russian Embassy in South Africa account on X, but later that post was deleted.
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Source: Lead Stories, 2024-06-03
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Fact Check: U.S. Spokesperson Did NOT Justify Ukrainian Strikes On Belgorod, Russia Saying It Holds 'Virtually No Civilians' -- Video Is AI Fake | Lead Stories
https://leadstories.com/hoax-alert/2024/06/fact-check-us-speaker-did-not-justify-ukrainian-strikes-on-russian-city-of-belgorod-claiming-that-there-were-no-civilians.html
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Deepfake: The fake Cruise video, which appeared on the Telegram messaging platform last year, is called Olympics Has Fal...
21/08/2024

Deepfake: The fake Cruise video, which appeared on the Telegram messaging platform last year, is called Olympics Has Fallen and uses artificial intelligence-generated audio of the film star’s voice to present a “strange, meandering script” disparaging the IOC.
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The documentary, whose title riffs on the Gerard Butler action film Olympus Has Fallen, also claims falsely to have been produced by Netflix and is promoted with bogus five-star reviews from the New York Times and the BBC.
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Source: Guardian, 2024-06-03
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Russia targets Paris Olympics with deepfake Tom Cruise video | Artificial intelligence (AI) | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/article/2024/jun/03/russia-paris-olympics-deepfake-tom-cruise-video
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Fake: Because the photograph was digitally edited to include Zelenskyy and Zelenska, we have rated this claim as \"Fake....
21/08/2024

Fake: Because the photograph was digitally edited to include Zelenskyy and Zelenska, we have rated this claim as \"Fake.\"
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The TinEye reverse-image search tool showed that the original photograph [with stacks of money] depicted Floyd Mayweather, a former professional boxer.
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Source: Snopes, 2024-06-12
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Zelenskyy and Wife Photographed with Stacks of Money? | Snopes.com
https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/zelenskyy-money-stacks/
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True: Based on a Russian transcript of Vladimir Putin's interview with Tucker Carlson, Newsweek verified Putin said Adol...
19/08/2024

True: Based on a Russian transcript of Vladimir Putin's interview with Tucker Carlson, Newsweek verified Putin said Adolf Hi**er was \"forced\" to invade Poland, an inaccurate interpretation of the circumstances leading to World War II.
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While translations do not use the word \"forced\" or \"compelled\", they broadly match its meaning.
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Source: Newsweek, 2024-02-09
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Fact Check: Putin Defends Hi**er's Invasion of Poland in Carlson Interview
https://www.newsweek.com/fact-check-putin-defends-hitlers-invasion-poland-carlson-interview-1868582
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False: Did Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni say, \"If Russia does not agree to the terms of the peace summit, we wi...
19/08/2024

False: Did Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni say, \"If Russia does not agree to the terms of the peace summit, we will force it to surrender\"? No, that's not true: The comments attributed to her come from a falsified Russian translation of what she said in English at the Ukraine Peace Summit held in Switzerland in June 2024. While Meloni has strongly criticized Russia's invasion of Ukraine, no credible sources report her saying that Russia should be forced to surrender.
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Source: Lead Stories, 2024-06-17
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Fact Check: Italian PM Meloni Did NOT Say 'If Russia Does Not Agree To The Terms Of The Peace Summit, We Will Force It To Surrender' | Lead Stories
https://leadstories.com/hoax-alert/2024/06/fact-check-italian-pm-giorgia-meloni-did-not-say-if-russia-does-not-agree-to-the-terms-of-the-peace-summit-we-will-force-it-to-surrender.html
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False: The legislation in Ukraine regulating the use of the Ukrainian language does not apply to personal communication ...
15/08/2024

False: The legislation in Ukraine regulating the use of the Ukrainian language does not apply to personal communication or religion, and does not provide for any criminal liability for violations of its norms, \"language patrols\" or \"language inspectors\", as propaganda claims. Ukrainians themselves do not see any harassment of Russian-speaking Ukrainians, as evidenced by the results of opinion polls.
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Source: StopFake.org, 2024-05-20
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Fake: Five Years Ago, Russian Language was Banned in Ukraine and Linguistic Genocide Has Began
https://www.stopfake.org/en/fake-five-years-ago-russian-language-was-banned-in-ukraine-and-linguistic-genocide-has-began/
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False: The claim that Zelenskyy purchased a casino in Cyprus is belied by the fact that the owners of that casino say th...
12/08/2024

False: The claim that Zelenskyy purchased a casino in Cyprus is belied by the fact that the owners of that casino say they have not sold it, by the fact that the original reporting on the claim was based on a fake website, and by the fact that this original reporting was deleted. Because no real evidence supports the claim, Snopes rates it \"False.\"
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Source: Snopes, 2024-06-04
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Ukraine's President Zelenskyy Bought a Casino in Cyprus?
https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/zelenskyy-casino-cyprus/
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Photo of Hawaiian park falsely shared as 'Putin's private villa'A photo of a building complex inside a massive volcanic ...
10/08/2024

Photo of Hawaiian park falsely shared as 'Putin's private villa'
A photo of a building complex inside a massive volcanic crater has been repeatedly shared in social media posts that falsely claim it shows a private villa owned by Russian President Vladimir Putin. In fact, the picture shows the Diamond Head Crater in Hawaii, a state park owned and maintained by the US government.
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Source: AFP, 2023-12-20
https://factcheck.afp.com/doc.afp.com.347R8NK
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Ukraine Fact Check is an independent, volunteer-run project founded in 2023. Our goal is to provide transparent investigations of viral stories about Ukraine, and to connect readers with tools they can use to check facts for themselves.
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Russia's Claim That Photo Shows 'Dirty Bomb' in UkraineThe images in the graphic, shared by the Russian Ministry of Defe...
09/08/2024

Russia's Claim That Photo Shows 'Dirty Bomb' in Ukraine
The images in the graphic, shared by the Russian Ministry of Defence, are not of a Ukrainian dirty bomb facility or evidence of the creation of a dirty bomb.
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Some are photos of Russian and Siberian research facilities. Another, according to the Slovenian government, is from a 2010 Radioactive Waste Management presentation by a Slovenian non-profit. One of the images has been used several times over on different websites since 2010.
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Source: Newsweek, 2022-10-27
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Ukraine Fact Check is an independent, volunteer-run project founded in 2023. Our goal is to provide transparent investigations of viral stories about Ukraine, and to connect readers with tools they can use to check facts for themselves.
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Link to original source by Newsweek:
https://www.newsweek.com/fact-check-russias-claim-that-photo-shows-dirty-bomb-ukraine-1755089

On social media, some accounts have been sharing videos and photos supposedly showing the Ukrainian population mobilisin...
08/08/2024

On social media, some accounts have been sharing videos and photos supposedly showing the Ukrainian population mobilising against the Russian army.
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There is plenty of verified evidence showing the real Ukrainian resistance.
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However, there are still a lot of posts going around that have nothing to do with the current conflict.
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Through reverse image searches, we have been able to trace the origin of these images, which are unrelated to the war in Ukraine.
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Ukraine: The fake images 'showing Ukrainian resistance to the Russian army'
Source: France 24, 2022-03-03
https://observers.france24.com/en/europe/20220303-debunked-ukraine-russia-resistance
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About us:
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Ukraine Fact Check is an independent, volunteer-run project founded in 2023. Our goal is to provide transparent investigations of viral stories about Ukraine, and to connect readers with tools they can use to check facts for themselves.
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Link to original source by France 24:
https://observers.france24.com/en/europe/20220303-debunked-ukraine-russia-resistance

Fact Check: Is Zelensky Refusing to Hold Ukraine Election Unless U.S. Pays?Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky was qu...
07/08/2024

Fact Check: Is Zelensky Refusing to Hold Ukraine Election Unless U.S. Pays?
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky was quoted saying that U.S. contributions were needed for voting.
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Currently, Ukrainian law forbids holding elections during wartime.
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Source: Newsweek, 2023-08-29
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About us:
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Ukraine Fact Check is an independent, volunteer-run project founded in 2023. Our goal is to provide transparent investigations of viral stories about Ukraine, and to connect readers with tools they can use to check facts for themselves.
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Link to original source by Newsweek:
https://www.newsweek.com/fact-check-zelensky-refusing-hold-ukraine-election-unless-us-pays-1823065

Fact Check: Joe Rogan Claims U.S. Accidentally Sent $6.2 Billion to UkraineThe U.S. did not accidentally send $6.2 billi...
06/08/2024

Fact Check: Joe Rogan Claims U.S. Accidentally Sent $6.2 Billion to Ukraine
The U.S. did not accidentally send $6.2 billion to Ukraine. An overestimation of the cost of some military hardware meant that $6.2 billion was not spent in the transfer of U.S. stocks to Ukraine.
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While the DOD has said that this can now be used toward future stock drawdowns authorized by the president, that does not mean $6.2 billion has been sent accidentally, and all that implies, to Ukraine.
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Source: Newsweek, 2023-07-20
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About us:
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Ukraine Fact Check is an independent, volunteer-run project founded in 2023. Our goal is to provide transparent investigations of viral stories about Ukraine, and to connect readers with tools they can use to check facts for themselves.
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Link to original source by Newsweek:
https://www.newsweek.com/fact-check-joe-rogan-claims-us-accidentally-sent-62-billion-ukraine-1814392

Fact Check: Video does not show Ukraine’s President Zelenskiy belly dancing | ReutersA clip of a man belly dancing in a ...
06/08/2024

Fact Check: Video does not show Ukraine’s President Zelenskiy belly dancing | Reuters
A clip of a man belly dancing in a red costume has been digitally altered to make it appear as if the dancer is Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy, according to the man who is featured in the original clip and experts who said the altered version shows signs of being a deepfake.
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Source: Reuters, 2024-01-10
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About us:
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Ukraine Fact Check is an independent, volunteer-run project founded in 2023. Our goal is to provide transparent investigations of viral stories about Ukraine, and to connect readers with tools they can use to check facts for themselves.
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Link to original source by Reuters:
https://www.reuters.com/fact-check/video-does-not-show-ukraines-president-zelenskiy-belly-dancing-2024-01-10/

It was an incredible assertion - using two advisers as proxies, Mr Zelensky paid $75m (£59m) for two yachts. But not onl...
04/02/2024

It was an incredible assertion - using two advisers as proxies, Mr Zelensky paid $75m (£59m) for two yachts. But not only has the Ukrainian government flatly denied the story, the two ships in question have not even been sold.
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How pro-Russian 'yacht' propaganda influenced US debate over Ukraine aid
Source: BBC News, 2023-12-20
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Ukraine Fact Check is an independent, volunteer-run project founded in 2023. Our goal is to provide transparent investigations of viral stories about Ukraine, and to connect readers with tools they can use to check facts for themselves.
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Fact Check: Is Ukraine Photo of Organ Harvesting Victims' 'Mass Grave'?The photo in the tweet is not of an organ harvest...
02/02/2024

Fact Check: Is Ukraine Photo of Organ Harvesting Victims' 'Mass Grave'?
The photo in the tweet is not of an organ harvesting site in Kharkiv, but an exhumation in Lyman, Ukraine, from October 2022.
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The photo depicts the uncovering of a mass grave in Lyman about a week after Ukrainian troops reclaimed the formerly Russian-occupied city. It has nothing to do with the material the tweet describes.
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Source: Newsweek, 2023-07-31
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Ukraine Fact Check is an independent, volunteer-run project founded in 2023. Our goal is to provide transparent investigations of viral stories about Ukraine, and to connect readers with tools they can use to check facts for themselves.
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Vladimir Putin’s false war claimsPutin claims:“Does Ukraine need to be denazified” - false,“Is Russia’s attack a defense...
02/02/2024

Vladimir Putin’s false war claims
Putin claims:
“Does Ukraine need to be denazified” - false,
“Is Russia’s attack a defense case under the UN Charter?” - false,
“Was there a ‘genocide” in Ukraine?” - false.
Russia has so far failed to provide any evidence in their claims.

Source: DW (Deutsche Welle), 2022-02-25

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Ukraine Fact Check is an independent, volunteer-run project founded in 2023. Our goal is to provide transparent investigations of viral stories about Ukraine, and to connect readers with tools they can use to check facts for themselves.
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Link to original source by DW (Deutsche Welle):
https://www.dw.com/en/fact-check-do-vladimir-putins-justifications-for-going-to-war-against-ukraine-add-up/a-60917168

Are U.S. Troops on the Ground in Ukraine?While the Pentagon briefing of the news media highlights the most direct role A...
01/02/2024

Are U.S. Troops on the Ground in Ukraine?
While the Pentagon briefing of the news media highlights the most direct role American personnel have played within Ukraine, to call it \"boots on the ground\" is an overstatement.

The team will be weapons experts with the aim of keeping tabs on the U.S.-supplied arms in an operation that does not involve American soldiers fighting alongside Ukrainian forces. The inspectors will not be near the frontline, the Pentagon said.

Source: Newsweek, 2022-11-02

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About us:
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Ukraine Fact Check is an independent, volunteer-run project founded in 2023. Our goal is to provide transparent investigations of viral stories about Ukraine, and to connect readers with tools they can use to check facts for themselves.
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Link to original source by Newsweek:
https://www.newsweek.com/russia-ukraine-pentagon-weapons-biden-1756387

Fact Check: Joe Rogan Claims U.S. Accidentally Sent $6.2 Billion to UkraineThe U.S. did not accidentally send $6.2 billi...
31/01/2024

Fact Check: Joe Rogan Claims U.S. Accidentally Sent $6.2 Billion to Ukraine
The U.S. did not accidentally send $6.2 billion to Ukraine. An overestimation of the cost of some military hardware meant that $6.2 billion was not spent in the transfer of U.S. stocks to Ukraine.

While the DOD has said that this can now be used toward future stock drawdowns authorized by the president, that does not mean $6.2 billion has been sent accidentally, and all that implies, to Ukraine.

Source: Newsweek, 2023-07-20

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About us:
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Ukraine Fact Check is an independent, volunteer-run project founded in 2023. Our goal is to provide transparent investigations of viral stories about Ukraine, and to connect readers with tools they can use to check facts for themselves.
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Link to original source by Newsweek:
https://www.newsweek.com/fact-check-joe-rogan-claims-us-accidentally-sent-62-billion-ukraine-1814392

31/01/2024

While Kim Jong Un and Vladimir Putin could have "trust issues" as the video implies, they were not on display during an April 2019 meeting.

Spoiler: Nope! This is 100% Made Up Nonsense. Fact Check: Is Ukraine Aid Being Spent on Hiring S*x Workers for Soldiers?...
30/01/2024

Spoiler: Nope! This is 100% Made Up Nonsense.
Fact Check: Is Ukraine Aid Being Spent on Hiring S*x Workers for Soldiers?
Kyiv is not spending money hiring s*x workers for injured soldiers, as the post on X claims.

The post quotes part of a BBC article about a rehabilitative service for Ukrainian soldiers run by a support organization called Veteran Hub. It does not employ s*x workers and there is no evidence that funding provided to Ukraine or Ukrainian government spending has been used in this way.

Source: Newsweek, 2023-08-18

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About us:
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Ukraine Fact Check is an independent, volunteer-run project founded in 2023. Our goal is to provide transparent investigations of viral stories about Ukraine, and to connect readers with tools they can use to check facts for themselves.
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Link to original source by Newsweek:
https://www.newsweek.com/fact-check-ukraine-aid-being-spent-hiring-s*x-workers-soldiers-1820801

Did Zelensky Say U.S. Will Send Its Kids to War for Ukraine?Misleading Material. The clip was removed from its important...
29/01/2024

Did Zelensky Say U.S. Will Send Its Kids to War for Ukraine?
Misleading Material. The clip was removed from its important and clarifying context, giving a misleading impression of what Zelensky said.

The Ukrainian leader's remarks were a hypothetical answer about what could happen should Ukraine lose the war to Russia, partially due to decreased support from the United States. [...]

Zelensky did not suggest that Americans should send their children to fight now for Ukraine against Russian forces.

Source: Newsweek, 2023-03-01

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Ukraine Fact Check is an independent, volunteer-run project founded in 2023. Our goal is to provide transparent investigations of viral stories about Ukraine, and to connect readers with tools they can use to check facts for themselves.
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Link to original source by Newsweek:
https://www.newsweek.com/zelensky-ukraine-us-russia-war-children-1784657

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