FAKE: Ukraine deliberately does not declare a state of war to avoid mobilizing deputies and civil servants
Declaring a state of war does not involve mobilizing deputies, officials, or other mentioned measures
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Read MoreFAKE: Ukraine deliberately does not declare a state of war to avoid mobilizing deputies and civil servants
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
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: No, Video Of Man Dancing In Red Outfit Is Not Volodymyr Zelenskyy | Check Your Fact
The video has been digitally altered to put Zelenskyy's face on someone
else's body.
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: Post Claims To Show Letter From Vladimir Putin | Check Your Fact
There is no evidence Putin released or wrote this letter
FACT CHECK: Viral Video Shows Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s Belly Dance? – YouTube
A social media post claims that an accompanying video shows a belly dance performed by the President of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelenskyy. We check the veracity of the claim in this video.
[Verdict: False. The video is a deep fake.]
Russian fake news: Ukrainians allegedly disconnected from public utilities for not appearing in military commissariat
In a commentary to Ukrinform, the representative of Rivne Regional State Administration confirmed that the above 'announcement' was another fake story.
By spreading fake narratives, Russian propagandists pursue two objectives at once. Firstly, they make attempts to sow panic within Ukraine against the background of the adoption of a decision on the draft bill on mobilization.
Secondly, they try to discredit Ukraine's military and political leadership before international partners, as if the Ukrainian authorities were conscripting citizens against the law, allegedly shutting them out even in routine matters.
Fact Check: Video doesn’t show migrants fleeing Russia after Putin citizenship offer | Reuters
Posts on social media shared the video suggesting migrants were fleeing so as not to be sent to the warfront. A post on social media platform X reads, "Putin threatened to send all illegal Chinese immigrants to the front lines in Ukraine. Airports saw a sudden rush of flights back to China." Screenshots from the video were also shared on Facebook.
The video, however, can be traced back to at least Dec. 30, 2023, when it was posted on Douyin, the Chinese counterpart of TikTok, as showing people traveling from Russia for New Year. The same user says in the description of a different video of the same location that it shows Heihe river port in China.