FACT CHECK: Video Claims To Show Ukrainian Drone Attack On Russian Factory | Check Your Fact
The video was taken in 2018 and has nothing to do with the Russian invasion
of Ukraine
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FAKE: In 2023, Ukraine paid over $1.2 billion to British PR companies to create fakes about the successes of the Armed Forces of Ukraine
Neither BBC News nor Bellingcat published this information. The video was edited using footage available in the public domain, and there are errors in the video's text.
FACT CHECK: No, Biden Is Not Sending U.S. Troops To Fight Russia
A White House spokesperson said the claim is false in an email to Check Your Fact.
FACT CHECK: Facebook Post Makes False Claim About Putin, ‘Illegal Chinese Immigrants’ | Check Your Fact
The video, originally posted on Douyin on Dec. 29, shows travelers going
through customs at a Russian airport ahead of New Year's
Fact Check: German magazine Titanic ‘s cover on celebrating Christmas in Ukraine is fake | Reuters
German satirical magazine Titanic did not publish a Christmas-themed cover depicting the severed legs of four Ukrainian soldiers hanging over a fireplace, and an image of this circulating online is fake, the editor-in-chief of the publication said to Reuters. [...]
VERDICT: False. No such cover was published by German satirical magazine Titanic.
FACT CHECK: Facebook Post Falsely Claims Lloyd Austin Was Killed In Ukraine | Check Your Fact
The claim stems from a Jan. 7 article published by the satire site, 'Real
Raw News.'
FACT CHECK: No, The New York Times Did Not Report On ‘Low Amount’ Of Civilian Casualties In Ukraine | Check Your Fact
The New York Times did not publish this article, a spokesperson for the
outlet confirmed in an email to Check Your Fact.
FACT CHECK: Video Does Not Show F-16s In Ukraine | Check Your Fact
The F-16 in the video was digitally created as part of an ad. While F-16s
are being provided to Ukraine, it has not been confirmed that the aircraft
are in the country'
FACT CHECK: X Image Features Fake New York Times Headline About Putin ‘Conquering Ukraine’ | Check Your Fact
A New York Times spokesperson confirmed the headline was 'fabricated' in an email to Check Your Fact
War in Ukraine: In 2023, Russian disinformation continued to dominate
Out of the 197 fact-checking articles our team wrote in 2023, 52 of them concerned the war in Ukraine. And 50 of those highlighted pro-Russian disinformation aimed at discrediting Kyiv and the Ukrainian war effort.