| Title: | Fact Check: Did Ukraine ‘Psychological Warfare’ Unit Get $140M From USAID? |
| URL: | https://www.newsweek.com/fact-check-did-ukraine-psychological-warfare-unit-140-million-usaid-2034584 |
| Publisher: | Newsweek |
| Date published: | February 21, 2025 |
| Description: | False. For the $140 million claim to have been true, USAID would have had to have paid out more to this “Psychological Warfare” center than most of its actual spending obligations. The image used to support the claim was based on a nonexistent article, edited from a real but unrelated story by Fox News, not about Ukraine. The claim appeared on Russian Telegram accounts before it was spread widely by English-speaking commentators on X, formerly Twitter. |
Fact Check: Did Ukraine ‘Psychological Warfare’ Unit Get $140M From USAID?
False. For the $140 million claim to have been true, USAID would have had to have paid out more to this "Psychological Warfare" center than most of its actual spending obligations.
The image used to support the claim was based on a nonexistent article, edited from a real but unrelated story by Fox News, not about Ukraine. The claim appeared on Russian Telegram accounts before it was spread widely by English-speaking commentators on X, formerly Twitter.
